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That was true for IBM in the 1970s and Microsoft in the 90s. Despite holding a royal flush, they managed to lose the game through a combination of arrogance, in
by blowski 3y ago
That was true for IBM in the 1970s and Microsoft in the 90s. Despite holding a royal flush, they managed to lose the game through a combination of arrogance, internal fighting, innovator's dilemma, concern over anti-trust, and bureaucratic inertia. It will be hard for Google to pull this off.
- quickthrower2 3y agoMicrosoft aint doing so bad now
- htormey 3y agoAfter Microsoft swapped out the CEO. New guys better than Balmer.
- oska 3y agoMicrosoft is always doing bad. They've done bad for the life of the company. Microsoft has never 'done good'. They have always been a negative force in computing and society at large. This toxic culture comes from their founder, about which all the preceding also applies.
- dartharva 3y agoNo idea whether this comment is satirical or not. As a reader I think that's marvelous (please don't break the suspense)