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Actually a pretty impressive about-face from Microsoft. I know some people are all-too-ready to see the demise of Microsoft, but I'm glad to see them try their
by MAGZine 13y ago
Actually a pretty impressive about-face from Microsoft. I know some people are all-too-ready to see the demise of Microsoft, but I'm glad to see them try their best to be nimble. The more they fight for eyeballs, the more we win.
- djim 13y agohow is this nimble? the chrome web store has been around for years and so has office online. this is microsoft being forced to compete on ground they don't want to compete on. you see how by listing their apps on this web store, they have validated chrome os as a platform? whereas google still refuses to release native apps for microsoft's mobile platform, and that certainly hasn't helped microsoft. this is microsoft losing.
- cheez 13y agoThis guy has never released software.
- ditojim 13y agoah but i have. and these are web apps. deploying them on the chrome web store is a cinch.
- ChuckMcM 13y ago"How is this nimble?" In the same way a supertanker turning with a turn radius of 5 miles is "nimble." Microsoft is a big place with a lot of entrenched products, processes, and policies. Being able to change those to enable shipping this product is 'nimble.' Continuing to not adapt to the way to the way the world is changing would be "non nimble." Personally I think it shows a lot of growth on Microsoft's part, and that is a good thing.
- eli 13y agoI'm not sure how much blame should be placed on Microsoft or credit given to Google for software trending away from native applications and towards "the cloud." I think that would have happened with or without either company.