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This definitely seems like an unfalsifiable proposition for the MS haters. Microsoft does something shitty? See, they're a terrible company. Microsoft does so
by mynameisash 2y ago
This definitely seems like an unfalsifiable proposition for the MS haters.
Microsoft does something shitty? See, they're a terrible company.
Microsoft does something awesome? Well, we're currently in the "embrace" or "extend", so they're a terrible company.
I'm as (or more) pessimistic than the next guy about the state of tech and capitalism, but at least give credit when and where credit's due.
- signa11 2y agoa previous discussion about something similar happened here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25719045 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25719045
- coretx 2y agoThe destructive EEE strategy is replaced by a constructive poisoning the well strategy. That's arguably moral progress while there is no legal or financial incentive to do so. That's praise for Nadella, not Ballmer.