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Anyone who has known Microsoft from back in the day knows attributing anything positive to them is likely an error
by sirsinsalot 4y ago
Anyone who has known Microsoft from back in the day knows attributing anything positive to them is likely an error
- lokar 4y agoOr anyone using azure at scale today
- Oxidation 4y agoKeeping ancient software working without rebuilding is quite impressive, to be fair.
- saddist0 4y agoWhich ancient software? All of them have been rebuilt IMO.
- CuriousCosmic 4y agoWindows Executables. For applications not touching hardware, they should still run on any newer version of Windows provided the Windows build still supports that instruction set. i.e. the original Windows 1.0 Hello World demo (16-bit exe compiled in Win 1.0) still runs on Windows 10 x32 [1]. 1. https://virtuallyfun.com/2020/05/22/examining-windows-1-0-hello-c/ https://virtuallyfun.com/2020/05/22/examining-windows-1-0-he...
- KyeRussell 4y agoYes, we get it. Microsoft bad. Very good. The reality is that quite a lot of “us” are still using GitHub, including the Microsoft-built/directed parts of it, willingly. A company can be hideously evil and still make a single useful thing in ~50 years.
- shrimp_emoji 4y agoI use it willingly, but I feel bad. I hate that Microsoft owns it. But it's essentially a social network (at least in the way that I use it), and network effect dictates that I use it (as opposed to, say, GitLab). :c
- phendrenad2 4y agoOh stop it. Microsoft has made/done plenty of positive things, you're just blind to them because you have somewhere between a mild dislike and a hatred for the company. Open your eyes and see.
- Supermancho 4y ago> you're just blind to them because you have somewhere between a mild dislike and a hatred for the company. Sophisticated enough to understand the utility of Github, but too stupid to understand their own biases? The idea that someone is faulty in their understanding is an uncharitable take. The benefit of (MSFT's) history, is you can learn from it, or ignore it and claim that those who have are being irrationally ornery. > Oh stop it. Microsoft is one of many indifferent profit-seeking tyrants. I will never stop pointing out how positive characterizations are, at best, misinterpreting their intent. I'm much more likely to believe any feature is a stepping stone that MSFT plans to leverage later to extort its own users. This plan may or may not come to fruition, which is incidental.
- scarface74 4y ago> Microsoft is one of many indifferent profit-seeking tyrants As opposed to all of the other companies that aren’t seeking profits?
- drran 4y agoAs opposed to all of the other non-tyrants companies, including profit-seeking and non-profit companies.
- scarface74 4y agoWhich companies are those that aren’t “tyrants”?
- Supermancho 4y ago> As opposed to all of the other companies that aren’t seeking profits? One of many is right in the quote. The obvious difference is how the power in an industry has been wielded. Railroad barons were the closest historical equivalent, imo.
- wilg 4y agoXbox was good! (But Windows remains very, very bad.)