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Strangely enough, (consumer) operating systems and developer tools are still the areas where Microsoft shines (or at least gets a passing grade). WinVista was a
by GeneralMaximus 17y ago
Strangely enough, (consumer) operating systems and developer tools are still the areas where Microsoft shines (or at least gets a passing grade). WinVista was an utter failure, but Win7 is a very nice OS (I'm a Mac fanboy, FYI). My tools of choice are usually Vim + Terminal (or XCode if I'm doing some Cocoa), but I've used Visual Studio in the past and I liked it. Slow, yes, but many of the features that make it slow are totally worth the 5-10 seconds I have to wait for the IDE to start up. Also, look at all the cool things MS Research is doing.
MS is a bungling giant and, even though I'll never choose Windows as my platform of choice, I think they still do some things very well.
- omouse 17y agoAlso, look at all the cool things MS Research is doing. Which will never see the light of day as products nor will any of that stuff seep into existing products...
- chollida1 17y ago-F# -Microsoft speach -Parts of Microsoft Office -Most of their C++ compiler -The tech behind Windows Streaming Media -TabletPC OS research -Parts of the technology behind Bing Along with alot of other things Read this article: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/rick/04-16svalley.mspx http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/rick/04-16svalley.ms...
- omouse 17y agoNice! I like being corrected :D