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I've worked for neither company but my thought was the same as yours. Anyone who licenses software from Microsoft knows that lately their most important object
by forgotAgain 14y ago
I've worked for neither company but my thought was the same as yours.
Anyone who licenses software from Microsoft knows that lately their most important objective is increasing licensing revenues.
Changing products to increase licensing or changing them to enhance a different revenue stream is six of one, half a dozen of the other for me.
- michaelwww 14y agoAfter reading this (http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jw_on_tech/archive/2012/05/25/google-20-time-vs-the-microsoft-garage.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jw_on_tech/archive/2012/05/25/google...) I think his preference is mostly cultural. I never worked at Google, but I was born, raised and work in tech in the Bay Area. Microsoft culture rubbed me the wrong way when I was there. It seemed more what I imagine to be an organized and orderly Northern European governance under the cloudy, rainy skies. California Bay Area culture is more sunny and free libertarian with a dash of anarchy thrown in. You may discount my general characterization, but these things matter and people definitely have a preference.