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For someone who tends to be dismissive of Microsoft, Gruber sure seems to be writing about them a lot lately.
by kprobst 15y ago
For someone who tends to be dismissive of Microsoft, Gruber sure seems to be writing about them a lot lately.
- m0nastic 15y agoThe BUILD conference was a nice coming out party for Windows 8, and it's given people the opportunity to be excited about something non-Apple for a change. If he wasn't covering it, you'd hear cries of "Typical Gruber, ignoring all the interesting things going on outside of Apple."
- gks 15y agoI'd say he may be pretty dismissive of Microsoft in general, but I think nearly anyone that has used or seen Windows Phone 7 is thinking it's a great thing. But that actually comes down to the same thing. The reasons Gruber likes WP7 is because it cut the cord with all previous versions. It's a fresh start. Which Gruber feels was needed. I actually agree with him on this point. Now, where the problem comes with regard to Windows 8 is simply that there is no cutting the cord with past versions. It still has all that legacy support in it and keeps getting more convuluted. Even more now that there is support for two different processor families. Windows 8 would be a great chance to slice away some of the old legacy crap. This is simply an example of where Apple has really excelled when they've been in a similar situation. Not that the x86/ARM thing is exactly the same. Apple's was a transition, while Microsofts is in Addition to. But Apple provided tools to make the user experience seamless while Microsoft is making it more difficult for average users to understand.
- rahoulb 15y agoActually, reading this made me think that Gruber is getting better again. DF used to be great when it was Apple vs Microsoft/OSX vs Windows and not so good now it's Apple vs Google/iOS vs Android. He knows how to write about the former, less so about the latter.
- funkah 15y agoFortunately for the rest of us, Gruber's writing is much more insightful than yours.