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Microsoft's Forgotten Mistakes

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the 99-percent-perspiration dept.

seattlenerd writes "In light of all of the hype about how much cash Microsoft is sitting on, it's good to be reminded that they do fail. A lot. This piece in Seattle Weekly points out some of the many failures -- from ActiMates Barney to Microsoft at Work to pending disasters in smartphones and interactive TV (despite recent PR-worthy announcements). But like most litter, the failures are swept under the rug in the hopes people don't remember that many 'new' Microsoft ideas are recycled from its own history." Of course, like any big company, Microsoft is not a monolith.

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  1. Re:MS Failures... by NanoGator · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    "You forgot to mention Windows. "

    Yeah, it was a huge blunder for MS to do all the R&D for KDE and Gnome to copy and give away free.

    --
    "Derp de derp."
  2. Number of feet your head is up your ass by mingot · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    can be best represented by by ....

    A really big fucking number

  3. Re:Abe Lincoln: failed at being President too... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Many would say he failed at being President. He failed to reach a non-military solution to the problems at hand (state's rights, tarrifs punishing the South, slavery) and instead invaded. At least he tried to get a southerner to "put down
    the rebellion", but R. E. Lee was smarter than that....


    How many of you have stood on the battlefield at Gettysburg,
    PA and thought how over 50,000 men died due to the policies
    of one leader. How many of you are aware of the crimes
    against humanity (as we now call them) done in his name
    and with him as Commander In Chief? For example,
    burning farms, businesses, and homes plus raping the
    women from Atlanta to Savannah and in the Shenandoah
    valley.


    And we build a monument to him and name tanks after his
    generals. Many STILL suffer from his policies.....