>This is what Microsoft will always lack: taste and style. They alwawys lacked an authoritarian UX and design chief, like their own Steve Jobs and Johnny Ive w

>This is what Microsoft will always lack: taste and style. They alwawys lacked an authoritarian UX and design chief, like their own Steve Jobs and Johnny Ive who, for better or worse, would be the only one with the final verdict on what the corporate design of all products should look like and what is allowed to ship. Microsoft is too fragmented, everyone of its products is basically a totally separate company with its own design language.