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s/Microsoft/Google/ http://www.paulgraham.com/microsoft.html http://www.paulgraham.com/microsoft.html

by noflag 4y ago

eslaught 4y ago
But was Microsoft ever cool in the sense that Google was circa 2005? (Asking honestly, I'm too young to remember that period.)
- doctoboggan 4y ago
  No, not really. They were seen as a serious business used by other serious businesses. IMO google pioneered the "cool tech company" with their 20% time, "don't be evil", unique campus life, etc.
- PopePompus 4y ago
  No. I'm an old-timer, and there has not been one picosecond since the moment of its founding when Microsoft was cool.
  - SteveNuts 4y ago
    Flight Simulator 1995
  - famahar 4y ago
    They were cool for these 10 seconds https://youtu.be/KxaCOHT0pmI https://youtu.be/KxaCOHT0pmI
- waihtis 4y ago
  Need you even ask? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY2j_GPIqRA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY2j_GPIqRA
- MaximumYComb 4y ago
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vhh_GeBPOhs&ab_channel=MrWueb007 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vhh_GeBPOhs&ab_channel=MrWue... Really cool
- throw310822 4y ago
  Yes, somehow. https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/windows-95-launch-day-1995/ https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/windows-95-launch-day-1995/ I remember people commenting "never seen such a thing before, for a computer OS!" "Many electronics stores held midnight launches for the product, with thousands of people waiting in line to be the first to get their hands on the operating system. The release was a tremendous success. Microsoft sold 7 million copies in the first five weeks, and Windows 95 was soon the most popular operating system on the market."
- prohobo 4y ago
  I know that at that time I used to be like "what kind of pleb uses anything other than Windows? Get off your high horse and use the OS that actually works", because well... Windows XP was pretty good, and games worked on it.
leto_ii 4y ago
Funny, cause Microsoft didn't die. They're doing great. More than that, they're the ones behind OpenAI.
travisgriggs 4y ago
s/IBM/Microsoft/ History rhymes with itself.
zedadex 4y ago
> Microsoft Good joke. MS has always been in the 'incompetent evil' quadrant, Newcomers just keep inexplicably giving them the benefit of the doubt or assuming/insisting they've "changed".

s/Microsoft/Google/ http://www.paulgraham.com/microsoft.html http://www.paulgraham.com/microsoft.html

by noflag 4y ago

s/Microsoft/Google/ http://www.paulgraham.com/microsoft.html http://www.paulgraham.com/microsoft.html

But was Microsoft ever cool in the sense that Google was circa 2005? (Asking honestly, I'm too young to remember that period.)

doctoboggan 4y ago
No, not really. They were seen as a serious business used by other serious businesses. IMO google pioneered the "cool tech company" with their 20% time, "don't be evil", unique campus life, etc.
PopePompus 4y ago
No. I'm an old-timer, and there has not been one picosecond since the moment of its founding when Microsoft was cool.
- SteveNuts 4y ago
  Flight Simulator 1995
- famahar 4y ago
  They were cool for these 10 seconds https://youtu.be/KxaCOHT0pmI https://youtu.be/KxaCOHT0pmI
waihtis 4y ago
Need you even ask? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY2j_GPIqRA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY2j_GPIqRA
MaximumYComb 4y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vhh_GeBPOhs&ab_channel=MrWueb007 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vhh_GeBPOhs&ab_channel=MrWue... Really cool
throw310822 4y ago
Yes, somehow. https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/windows-95-launch-day-1995/ https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/windows-95-launch-day-1995/ I remember people commenting "never seen such a thing before, for a computer OS!" "Many electronics stores held midnight launches for the product, with thousands of people waiting in line to be the first to get their hands on the operating system. The release was a tremendous success. Microsoft sold 7 million copies in the first five weeks, and Windows 95 was soon the most popular operating system on the market."
prohobo 4y ago
I know that at that time I used to be like "what kind of pleb uses anything other than Windows? Get off your high horse and use the OS that actually works", because well... Windows XP was pretty good, and games worked on it.

leto_ii 4y ago

Funny, cause Microsoft didn't die. They're doing great. More than that, they're the ones behind OpenAI.

travisgriggs 4y ago

s/IBM/Microsoft/ History rhymes with itself.

zedadex 4y ago

> Microsoft Good joke. MS has always been in the 'incompetent evil' quadrant, Newcomers just keep inexplicably giving them the benefit of the doubt or assuming/insisting they've "changed".