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If you want to know why you shouldn't choose Windows it makes sense to get Steve Jobs' opinion and then evaluate the opinion.

by petilon 4mo ago

mbmbn 4mo ago
It’s like Bill Gates criticizing Apple… if you really want to split hairs about the analogy used.
- epistasis 4mo ago
  This is not a very good comparison because Jobs was well known for very pointed and accurate critique of software, which was one of his super powers at Apple. Bill Gates was known for figuring out how to manage software engineering, but nobody would listen to Gates about that, and in fact the only time I ever saw him critique software, talking about the complete usability failure of Windows and Microsoft's supporting websites, it did not require any sort of deep insight. Hoffmans critique about which businesses have good promise should be taken seriously, if with a grain of salt.
  - mbmbn 4mo ago
    It’s an analogy, it’s always going to be imperfect! Jesus Christ.
    - epistasis 4mo ago
      Sorry if that came across a bit too strong with too much overthinking, but in a pool of comments like this I'm trying to add a bit more meat instead of the lazy cynicism I see elsewhere!
- petilon 4mo ago
  If you want to know why you might want to buy a product ask the company that made it. If you want to know why you might not, ask their competitor. In both cases the answers are valuable, but in neither case should you take the answers at face value.
- observationist 4mo ago
  It's like some random lottery winner criticizing Apple - there's no special insight or perspective there. He is a fundamentally uninteresting, and pridefully smug person.
- mixmastamyk 4mo ago
  Better, like Balmer criticizing the iPhone. Because he famously did and got it 100% wrong. ;-)
duxup 4mo ago
I would want jobs opinion because Jobs would give a good analysis, more so because I would value his opinion. Any other person selling an alternative… might just be BS.
rchaud 4mo ago
Instead of listening to the critiques of actual Windows users? Jobs was an evangelist who couldn't see past his Nintendo-esque ecosystem zealotry, didn't use Windows and thereby couldn't understand why Windows won the enterprise and computer gaming market despite its flaws.

If you want to know why you shouldn't choose Windows it makes sense to get Steve Jobs' opinion and then evaluate the opinion.

by petilon 4mo ago

If you want to know why you shouldn't choose Windows it makes sense to get Steve Jobs' opinion and then evaluate the opinion.

mbmbn 4mo ago

It’s like Bill Gates criticizing Apple… if you really want to split hairs about the analogy used.

epistasis 4mo ago
This is not a very good comparison because Jobs was well known for very pointed and accurate critique of software, which was one of his super powers at Apple. Bill Gates was known for figuring out how to manage software engineering, but nobody would listen to Gates about that, and in fact the only time I ever saw him critique software, talking about the complete usability failure of Windows and Microsoft's supporting websites, it did not require any sort of deep insight. Hoffmans critique about which businesses have good promise should be taken seriously, if with a grain of salt.
- mbmbn 4mo ago
  It’s an analogy, it’s always going to be imperfect! Jesus Christ.
  - epistasis 4mo ago
    Sorry if that came across a bit too strong with too much overthinking, but in a pool of comments like this I'm trying to add a bit more meat instead of the lazy cynicism I see elsewhere!
petilon 4mo ago
If you want to know why you might want to buy a product ask the company that made it. If you want to know why you might not, ask their competitor. In both cases the answers are valuable, but in neither case should you take the answers at face value.
observationist 4mo ago
It's like some random lottery winner criticizing Apple - there's no special insight or perspective there. He is a fundamentally uninteresting, and pridefully smug person.
mixmastamyk 4mo ago
Better, like Balmer criticizing the iPhone. Because he famously did and got it 100% wrong. ;-)

duxup 4mo ago

I would want jobs opinion because Jobs would give a good analysis, more so because I would value his opinion. Any other person selling an alternative… might just be BS.

rchaud 4mo ago

Instead of listening to the critiques of actual Windows users? Jobs was an evangelist who couldn't see past his Nintendo-esque ecosystem zealotry, didn't use Windows and thereby couldn't understand why Windows won the enterprise and computer gaming market despite its flaws.