Interesting how things change. Just a few years back it would have been impossible to associate the word 'spartan' with any tech company other than Google, let

Interesting how things change. Just a few years back it would have been impossible to associate the word 'spartan' with any tech company other than Google, let alone Microsoft (which more often than not ended up alongside 'gaudy' and 'tacky'. Like this, unfortunately: http://youtu.be/-F_ke3rxopc http://youtu.be/-F_ke3rxopc)