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With Valve being founded by a bunch of Microsoft employees, maybe they took a lesson from Microsoft: if you have enough money to keep trying, eventual success i
by ahartmetz 5y ago
With Valve being founded by a bunch of Microsoft employees, maybe they took a lesson from Microsoft: if you have enough money to keep trying, eventual success is likely. Microsoft did that with many products, most relevant in this context: the Xbox series.
- behnamoh 5y agoSo many counter examples come to mind. Just look at recent Google projects.
- Tyr42 5y agoMoney and nerve to keep trying and not wander off.
- sangnoir 5y agoGoogle doesn't "keep trying", it rewrites replacement products frequently. The nearest Microsoft equivalent to Google's (lack of) strategy was Skype being replaced(? Complimented by?) "Skype for Business"
- fomine3 5y agoVarious XAML UI Platform!
- jonny_eh 5y agoI highly recommend watching their recent docuseries on the history of Xbox. It really seems like the project nearly failed multiple times. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0il2l-B_WwadxfTkK3-NLoYNcQEHdBGO https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0il2l-B_WwadxfTkK3-N...
- marcodiego 5y agoAs strategists use to say: "Wars are lost". If you can maintain yourself long enough, your enemy will eventually be out of resources to maintain themselves.