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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:What about Bob? by jpmkm · · Score: 1, Redundant

    So you just searched the article for bob instead of reading it? Holy shit.

  2. Missong option by nother_nix_hacker · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Please forget not the dire mistake that was clippy and friends!

  3. Re:MS Failures... by ArsonSmith · · Score: 1, Redundant

    "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.

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  4. Re:You're missing the point by RevMike · · Score: 0, Redundant
    You should probably also point out that Microsoft is EVIL.