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The thing is, most of their stuff don't actually suck. Take Windows Phone. It's a great OS. The only problem is that it came too late and had poor marketing (a
by miguelrochefort 13y ago
The thing is, most of their stuff don't actually suck.
Take Windows Phone. It's a great OS. The only problem is that it came too late and had poor marketing (and was associated with the uncool Windows brand). Technically, it's awesome and in the same league as Android and iOS.
The same is true for Xbox, Windows 8, C#, SQL Server, ASP.NET MVC/API, Azure, etc.
Google or Apple would build the exact same products, and people would probably love them.
So no, I don't believe that Ballmer's love for Microsoft (especially recently) was unjustified. He simply failed to account for the negative popular perception of Microsoft and its brands.
- isaacwaller 13y agoWindows Phone 6 sucked. Windows 7 on tablets sucked. In both of these cases, Microsoft was slow to react improving their products.
- r00fus 13y agoWhile the OS may be good, it's lack of software and accessories ecosystem require Microsoft to make it more compelling than either iOS or Android - which it isn't (it's about par). The same inertia that keeps Windows popular is preventing Windows Phone from gaining significant marketshare. You would think that, of all companies, Microsoft, the abuser of platform lockin, would grok this.