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Attacking apple is still dwarfed by drivel praising apple. It also goes with the territory for any successful entity. I have been annoyed by people complainin

Attacking apple is still dwarfed by drivel praising apple. It also goes with the territory for any successful entity. I have been annoyed by people complaining about Microsoft since the 90s. Close to 2 decades of criticising. Turns out they were right.

unimpressive 13y ago
>Turns out they were right. What do you think they've been vindicated about exactly?
- adamconroy 13y ago
  Maybe our wires are crossed but I was hinting that the critics have been vindicated not Microsoft.
  - unimpressive 13y ago
    Yes, that's what I was asking about. Are you referring to the NSA leaks? Because I think there's a lot more to criticize about Microsoft than that.
    - adamconroy 13y ago
      No, not referring to NSA at all, and nothing specific just my overall impression. I was just trying to say that for many years I dismissed the critics of Microsoft as being biased for various reasons and was somewhat a MS defender. I now think they suck, not in the way an Apple fanboy thinks they suck, just an intangible impression.
gfodor 13y ago
The endless criticism of Microsoft over the last 20 years was generally that they're not open source and had anti-competitive practices (ex, the browser wars.) How exactly has Microsoft's comeuppance had anything to do with these aspects? Their fall has been due to their shitty design sense and their inability to see the PC era ending.
- adamconroy 13y ago
  The criticism has also been that they were acquiring/copying and bullying their way to dominance, which finally seems to be their downfall in an era where innovation and leading the market is a winning strategy. My comment related to the parent's observation that attacking Apple is in vogue not specifically to the fingerprint tech. I would suggest that Apple is heading the same way but not literally. They are certainly closed source, about as bad as it gets, they are using their financial and political muscle to bully competitors and suppliers, they are coming back to the field in terms of innovation....

unimpressive 13y ago

>Turns out they were right. What do you think they've been vindicated about exactly?

adamconroy 13y ago
Maybe our wires are crossed but I was hinting that the critics have been vindicated not Microsoft.
- unimpressive 13y ago
  Yes, that's what I was asking about. Are you referring to the NSA leaks? Because I think there's a lot more to criticize about Microsoft than that.
  - adamconroy 13y ago
    No, not referring to NSA at all, and nothing specific just my overall impression. I was just trying to say that for many years I dismissed the critics of Microsoft as being biased for various reasons and was somewhat a MS defender. I now think they suck, not in the way an Apple fanboy thinks they suck, just an intangible impression.

gfodor 13y ago

The endless criticism of Microsoft over the last 20 years was generally that they're not open source and had anti-competitive practices (ex, the browser wars.) How exactly has Microsoft's comeuppance had anything to do with these aspects? Their fall has been due to their shitty design sense and their inability to see the PC era ending.

adamconroy 13y ago
The criticism has also been that they were acquiring/copying and bullying their way to dominance, which finally seems to be their downfall in an era where innovation and leading the market is a winning strategy. My comment related to the parent's observation that attacking Apple is in vogue not specifically to the fingerprint tech. I would suggest that Apple is heading the same way but not literally. They are certainly closed source, about as bad as it gets, they are using their financial and political muscle to bully competitors and suppliers, they are coming back to the field in terms of innovation....