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0 pointsshirkey14y ago0 comments

You ask a compelling question with "who needs to leave Microsoft for you stop cringing?". I'd suggest it is an institutional problem, and while not completely unique to Microsoft (see Apple, Oracle), it is embodied within nearly every aspect of their business model -- save the recent open source bear-hug, the overarching corporate goal is to do precisely the opposite of what you would wish to see: to have all other market options whittled down to One Microsoft Way. They are not currently open -- and as long as Windows and Office continue their bewildering dominance within corporate IT departments, they will never be open, as it is antagonistic to that goal.

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dougabug14y ago

Exactly. The whole conception of Microsoft is atavistic.

Wishing for the return of Microsoft reminds me of older disillusioned Russians after the Cold War fondly reminiscing about the Soviet Union. Or Hobbits hoping that if only Morgoth would return, he could counterbalance the power of Sauron and Mordor: because the only thing better than facing the Dark Enemy of the World, is having two Dark Enemies of the World!

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