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Woz Worries Microsoft Is Now More Innovative Than Apple
First time accepted submitter yvajj writes "According to a techcrunch interview, Woz believes that Microsoft is now more innovative than Apple. Per the interview, it seems as though Apple is now just doing newer versions of the iPhone, and are potentially headed into a rut. Another gem from Woz is the fact that he treats all new hardware as something new to learn from and does not approach it with any preconceptions (irrespective of who the manufacturer is / what OS etc.). A great short interview from Woz."
Not meaning to be disrespectful, but "Woz" has exactly one item to his fame. Who ordained him to say who is innovative nowadays and who is not?
Yeah, no. I do not have your problems (I'm the parent post). I rarely search for apps as the executable name is not distinct (netwatcher, netview, netinfo, nettraffic, netmonitor), I have to actually think about what I need so I try to keep track of my programs right on the start screen or a custom toolbar. I rarely search for apps, I mainly search for files, so I do not have your difficulties. As for Metro Apps I don't use them unless I like them. They don't seem to interfere or take over so I ignore the ones I don't use. I've never experienced a "Flip" to metro mode. So here I am, not posting "anon." I am not a shill, but rather an experienced computer user who is sick of zealots demanding the same spoon fed shit being fed to the masses. Microsoft does things differently, which works for me, and everyone screams foul. Maybe "isn't as smooth as it could be" isn't good enough for you, but I beg to differ. It is the future. Would you have me believe that what works better for me is bad?
I am neither a troll nor a shill. Believe it or not, I am an expert in computer related technologies and I get paid handsomely. I am frequently pissed off at network/system admins that don't know their ass from their elbow. Luckily I am in a position to fire them. Maybe someday you will work for me.
Oh?
* Zune
* Windows 8
* Windows ME
* Windows Vista
* Windows
* iPhone 5
* Nokia Lumia
* Windows Mobile
* Windows Phone
* Microsoft Bob
These are all products which bled or are in the process of bleeding money for their companies; they're all products which ultimately failed or will do so. Slashdotters overwhelmingly acknowledged these as crap products long before they were acknowledged as failures by their respective companies.
Here's the thing about people who are overwhelmingly intellectually skeptical (or 'negative' as viewed by others). They're usually right - if not exactly correct, they see things through a pretty clear lens of observational experience. You can have people say "Republicans are wrong" and on the other side of the fence have people say "Democrats are wrong", and have both be 100% correct.
In this specific case, it is our job to be critical, skeptical, and generally consider products to be shit until proven to be otherwise - that's how the industry has been for 20 years, and it is only increasingly the case today. Discretion is necessary.
(Some of us are pretty damn good at predicting the stock market, by the way. We pulled out before the bitch got herself pregnant again, as it were.)
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