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What is Microsoft suppsed to represent? I'm not sure their brand has ever been anything more concrete over its total existence other than BASIC/MS-DOS in the b

What is Microsoft suppsed to represent? I'm not sure their brand has ever been anything more concrete over its total existence other than BASIC/MS-DOS in the beginning, a few long running products (Windows, Office, Xbox, Azure) and that it is involved with user-facing technology.

jen20 3y ago
The brand in question there was ".NET" not "Microsoft".
bbor 3y ago
Microsoft represents a solid, stable, enterprise-friendly, conservative, but still somewhat “innovative” (whatever that means) company. Or at least that’s their brand. Given that a huge part of their value is their long term sales relationships, I’d say they are an extremely brand-reliant company.
- lallysingh 3y ago
  You could argue the same for bic (the pen/lighter company). Solid, stable, enterprise friendly (100 packs!) and still somewhat innovative (new kinds of pens, white out, etc).
  - edgyquant 3y ago
    There are lots of companies you could say this about
antisthenes 3y ago
I think at this point MS is really representing the enterprise/corporate Office suite as well as being exceptionally annoying with their Browser strategy. But that's just my IMHO.
- TheCleric 3y ago
  Same as it ever was.
blibble 3y ago
> What is Microsoft suppsed to represent? unreliable software combined with abusive business practices
- cald0s 3y ago
  I've never been able to find a better office suite. The FOSS alternatives and the google suite just don't do it for me. I also switched back to Windows over Linux as my primary desktop environment. Am I a victim of abuse? (Mind you I don't pay for either)
  - torstenvl 3y ago
    It isn't that Office is abusive or Windows is abusive, it's that Microsoft is. Word '97 is still my favorite word processor ever. Windows 7 is one of my favorite operating systems. I don't think they're abusive. What's abusive is how slow Office 365 is. What's abusive is how updates reset all my settings trying to make Office 365 bearable (don't use cloud, save to computer by default, don't show backstage, etc.). What's abusive is FORCING me to combine taskbar buttons on Windows 11. What's abusive (and unreliable) is randomly selecting the whole filename while I'm editing it when the file is on OneDrive. And that's just the tip of the ice berg.

jen20 3y ago

The brand in question there was ".NET" not "Microsoft".

bbor 3y ago

Microsoft represents a solid, stable, enterprise-friendly, conservative, but still somewhat “innovative” (whatever that means) company. Or at least that’s their brand. Given that a huge part of their value is their long term sales relationships, I’d say they are an extremely brand-reliant company.

lallysingh 3y ago
You could argue the same for bic (the pen/lighter company). Solid, stable, enterprise friendly (100 packs!) and still somewhat innovative (new kinds of pens, white out, etc).
- edgyquant 3y ago
  There are lots of companies you could say this about

antisthenes 3y ago

I think at this point MS is really representing the enterprise/corporate Office suite as well as being exceptionally annoying with their Browser strategy. But that's just my IMHO.

TheCleric 3y ago
Same as it ever was.

blibble 3y ago

> What is Microsoft suppsed to represent? unreliable software combined with abusive business practices

cald0s 3y ago
I've never been able to find a better office suite. The FOSS alternatives and the google suite just don't do it for me. I also switched back to Windows over Linux as my primary desktop environment. Am I a victim of abuse? (Mind you I don't pay for either)
- torstenvl 3y ago
  It isn't that Office is abusive or Windows is abusive, it's that Microsoft is. Word '97 is still my favorite word processor ever. Windows 7 is one of my favorite operating systems. I don't think they're abusive. What's abusive is how slow Office 365 is. What's abusive is how updates reset all my settings trying to make Office 365 bearable (don't use cloud, save to computer by default, don't show backstage, etc.). What's abusive is FORCING me to combine taskbar buttons on Windows 11. What's abusive (and unreliable) is randomly selecting the whole filename while I'm editing it when the file is on OneDrive. And that's just the tip of the ice berg.