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Some good microsoft stuff: 1. C# -- Despite all its faults, it's a hell of a lot better than java and they've done some really interesting things with the CLR
by dantheman 18y ago
Some good microsoft stuff:
1. C# -- Despite all its faults, it's a hell of a lot better than java and they've done some really interesting things with the CLR and type systems...
2. Photosynth & Seadragon are pretty cool.
3. XMLHTTP Request (what powers all this ajax stuff, that's microsoft)
4. Microsoft's birds eye view in their map applications.
5. A lot of the features that got dropped from VISTA were cool (new command line and the new file system)
6. The Microsoft intellimouse (best mouse ever made)
That's just a few off the top of my head... sure office & windows don't innovate too much; but microsoft access is a pretty important product because it solves a real business need (never really used it, but know tons of companies rely on it).
- lisper 18y agoI agree these are "cool" but IMO they don't rise to the level of "brilliant". I suppose reasonable people could disagree. But I think everyone would agree that these ideas, whether they are "brilliant" or merely "cool" are not the source of Microsoft's success.
- dantheman 18y agoWell Microsoft's success comes from windows and office. I want to see anyone's brilliant innovations in those domains? The original spreadsheet, WYSIWG editing, and powerpoint all found the dominant design early on and have been going through refinement for years.