You should have gone from VMS to UNIX. Digital was only joking when they told VMS customers to use NT instead.
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Microsoft is done, all out of innovation, and not really relevant anymore. It would take a radical change of direction for them to start producing things that people would actually choose to buy with their own money. Sure it's not absolutely impossible for them to pull this off but it has a somewhat lower probability than a herd of chocolate unicorns being sighted in the vicinity of my house laden with high capacity solid state storage.
Lol. Microsoft comes up with 'Meh' over and over again. If 'Meh' is your product it doesn't matter if you are first, last, or both like Microsoft. Apple comes up with 'Wow! Cool! Shiny!' and people love it.
Microsoft have not got it in them to transform into a company people will actually like. Their server market is being eaten away. Their user client market is being eaten away.
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I think the better outcome would be if he were replaced by someone who turns Microsoft into a non-evil success company. I prefer a successful good to a failing evil.
Can I have a chocolate unicorn with a saddle bad full of 20 Zetabyte SSDs? I mean we are wishing for miracles here.
Only amazed? It's literally unbelievable he has lasted this long.
With Microsoft reduced in dominance by Ballmer's mismanagement the IT world is recovering nicely. Ballmer practically handed the server market to Linux.
How so? Do you have a lot of Microsoft stock or you just hate the IT world and want it to suffer more years of monopoly abuse?
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It's not that Microsoft is 'late to the party', it's simply that they make bad products.
Apple was late to the tablet party but ended up dominating it with pretty and functional products.
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I only hope he is replaced with someone as ineffective as he was. The last thing the world needs is an evil monopolist running Microsoft who actually knows what he is doing.
I think you are reading more cynicism into my words than I put in there. Which is odd because I'm normally pretty cynical and this time I wasn't.
If he does more good for the world than bad then he should be remembered for the good. It's quite likely his charity work will outweigh the bad of Microsoft's business practices by a few thousand times.
Increased wear and tear? For real? Citations? Cause I'd say, the level you need to be at for increased wear and tear and rediculous
I'm pro-exercise but it does cause wear and tear and that does accumulate over time. That doesn't mean exercise isn't worth it, moving around a huge fatty body causes wear and tear too.
And for those that can't? Or those that want to get healthy and can't exercise enough yet?
This isn't meant to sound cruel but I've personally never met anyone that was so unfit they could not exercise or change their diet in some way that would help.
I wish I could do that, I tried a few times and never managed to get back to work in less than an hour and a half, and that was by rushing my workout and showering and changing in a hell of a rush.
If you don't mind me asking what does your workout consist of that you can get though it so quickly? Do you just do a 5 minute cardio warmup and hit the weights at max weight for 1 set or something?
Taking a walk wasn't a perfect solution that works in 100% of cases, it's more a 80% solution. People who can't walk may have to look for another solution.
People in wheelchairs can still get exercise as long as they have manual chairs not those human-weakening electronic things.
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So by this reasoning the MS products that sell well must be great products.
What I said neither argues for or against that statement.
You should have gone from VMS to UNIX. Digital was only joking when they told VMS customers to use NT instead.
Microsoft is done, all out of innovation, and not really relevant anymore. It would take a radical change of direction for them to start producing things that people would actually choose to buy with their own money. Sure it's not absolutely impossible for them to pull this off but it has a somewhat lower probability than a herd of chocolate unicorns being sighted in the vicinity of my house laden with high capacity solid state storage.
The same kind of thing happened to sun.
Lol. Microsoft comes up with 'Meh' over and over again. If 'Meh' is your product it doesn't matter if you are first, last, or both like Microsoft. Apple comes up with 'Wow! Cool! Shiny!' and people love it.
Microsoft have not got it in them to transform into a company people will actually like. Their server market is being eaten away. Their user client market is being eaten away.
I think the better outcome would be if he were replaced by someone who turns Microsoft into a non-evil success company. I prefer a successful good to a failing evil.
Can I have a chocolate unicorn with a saddle bad full of 20 Zetabyte SSDs? I mean we are wishing for miracles here.
+7.12%.
Ballmer leaving is worth billions!
Only amazed? It's literally unbelievable he has lasted this long.
With Microsoft reduced in dominance by Ballmer's mismanagement the IT world is recovering nicely. Ballmer practically handed the server market to Linux.
My prayers have been answered.
How so? Do you have a lot of Microsoft stock or you just hate the IT world and want it to suffer more years of monopoly abuse?
It's not that Microsoft is 'late to the party', it's simply that they make bad products.
Apple was late to the tablet party but ended up dominating it with pretty and functional products.
I only hope he is replaced with someone as ineffective as he was. The last thing the world needs is an evil monopolist running Microsoft who actually knows what he is doing.
I think you are reading more cynicism into my words than I put in there. Which is odd because I'm normally pretty cynical and this time I wasn't.
If he does more good for the world than bad then he should be remembered for the good. It's quite likely his charity work will outweigh the bad of Microsoft's business practices by a few thousand times.
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That's a really worthwhile comment.
Increased wear and tear? For real? Citations? Cause I'd say, the level you need to be at for increased wear and tear and rediculous
I'm pro-exercise but it does cause wear and tear and that does accumulate over time. That doesn't mean exercise isn't worth it, moving around a huge fatty body causes wear and tear too.
Add it to mountain dew?
It would be great to see geeks beating hell out of footballers all over the place.
Why? Why would you willingly work harder than you have to? Only insane people do that.
There is no such thing as sanity, it's just the most common form of insanity. Some people find doing things rewarding.
Exercising should not be painful as such. If you do it right it should give you a bit of a buzz, it should make you feel good.
No pain no gain doesn't mean the more pain you feel the more you gain.
High fructose corn syrup has likely killed more Americans than war. That stuff should be treated like poison.
Surely a better use can be found for it. Ferment it into alcohol and run cars off it or whatever.
And for those that can't? Or those that want to get healthy and can't exercise enough yet?
This isn't meant to sound cruel but I've personally never met anyone that was so unfit they could not exercise or change their diet in some way that would help.
I work out most lunch hours at the gym next door.
I wish I could do that, I tried a few times and never managed to get back to work in less than an hour and a half, and that was by rushing my workout and showering and changing in a hell of a rush.
If you don't mind me asking what does your workout consist of that you can get though it so quickly? Do you just do a 5 minute cardio warmup and hit the weights at max weight for 1 set or something?
He never said it was trivial, he just said it could be done.
Maybe it's not for you, you have to find your own way though life.
You are working yourself to death. Do something different once in a while before you go crazy and kill everyone at your workplace.
Walking is a 80% solution that doesn't apply to everyone. Substitute walking with whatever works for you, just do something.
There is nothing wrong with biking or swimming instead, or using a powerball, or free weights, or whatever.
Taking a walk wasn't a perfect solution that works in 100% of cases, it's more a 80% solution. People who can't walk may have to look for another solution.
People in wheelchairs can still get exercise as long as they have manual chairs not those human-weakening electronic things.
It works pretty well for me, you should try it.
Or if you live in a hell hole buy a treadmill.
That's a new way of looking at it. Maybe it's time to stop hating on Gates now.