There was of all places an article in vanity fair on Microsoft mid 90s. The things I remember: - a ton of guys/ gals as reported/quoted by ms employees saying

There was of all places an article in vanity fair on Microsoft mid 90s. The things I remember: - a ton of guys/ gals as reported/quoted by ms employees saying the company does dumb stuff they wouldn't be caught dead doing if they owned it - the degree to which office politics (in fighting, specialists who didn't see the big picture, control battles etc) strangled ideas It's not MS per se; it's endemic to large human organizations Something to think about ...