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> Microsoft did die there for a bit. I just don't believe this. It's like saying that Apple "did die there for a bit" when they were selling shitty Intel Macs;
by talldayo 2y ago
> Microsoft did die there for a bit.
I just don't believe this. It's like saying that Apple "did die there for a bit" when they were selling shitty Intel Macs; it's not true. They were still alive, well, and had a significant market share of incredibly enthusiastic customers.
Microsoft had been a Department of Defense contractor for more than 20 years at the time PG published this. His conclusion was narrow-minded then, and it's narrow-minded today.
- llm_trw 2y agoApple is only alive because Microsoft needed competition to keep the DOJ from going after them again.
- discreteevent 2y ago> but we've never bothered to invite Microsoft. Nor has anyone there ever even sent us an email. They're in a different world > I'm now surprised when I come across a computer running Windows. Funny how PG didn't have enough perspective to realize that he himself could be the one in a different world. A bright guy, but like you say - narrow-minded.
- flohofwoe 2y agoIn the mid-90s, Apple was much deader than Microsoft ever was, and that was long before the transition to Intel.
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