The fact is, Microsoft really doesn't care about quality. As long as people are stupid enough to buy their seriously crummy OS, MS will just patch it up and send it out the door. As long as it boots and doesn't expode in their faces in a nasty fashion, they will ship it.
Microsoft's only objective to keep winning in the marketplace, not to create a solid and secure OS with a well-designed user interface.
This goes to the rotten heart of Microsoft's corporate ethos, which amounts to this: to sell, at any cost, to any customer anywhere around the globe.
Forget about quality, forget about security or the needs of users. And that's why I believe that, in the end, Microsoft will die.
Sony does not produce junk. It is the master of professional video and television, for one thing, and it makes pretty decent laptops, though not as good as Apple's.
I know, but Microsoft does know how to sell stuff and make money in the process. That does not mean MS will be around for ever. They could fail miserably, and probably will, since it is now run by greedy suits and not innovators.
Yes, I know, but Microsoft still churns out products that people buy, and that was the point I was trying to make. The point this time was not to bash the Evil Empire(TM), but to illustrate what happens when the financial objectives of the suits take precedence over the creative focus of innovators, engineers and artists.
Any company that is large enough and is run by economists and overpaid suits long enough will inevitably run aground. This happened to Polaroid in the 1990s and IBM in the '80s, and indeed to Apple some ten years ago. It will probably happen to Microsoft one day soon.
Today, the success or failure of a company is the focus it puts on technology, and the transformation of that technology into stuff they can sell. The masters at this right now are Apple, Canon and Sony, and yes, Microsoft. Many other major companies just don't have a clue.
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The fact is, Microsoft really doesn't care about quality. As long as people are stupid enough to buy their seriously crummy OS, MS will just patch it up and send it out the door. As long as it boots and doesn't expode in their faces in a nasty fashion, they will ship it. Microsoft's only objective to keep winning in the marketplace, not to create a solid and secure OS with a well-designed user interface. This goes to the rotten heart of Microsoft's corporate ethos, which amounts to this: to sell, at any cost, to any customer anywhere around the globe. Forget about quality, forget about security or the needs of users. And that's why I believe that, in the end, Microsoft will die.
Ya know, like, dude, go to the Apple menu > System settings > International, log out, log back in, and hey presto, Elvish lives!
This stupid fuck burned 30 dollars. That's FOOD and BEER for Christ's sake!
Sony does not produce junk. It is the master of professional video and television, for one thing, and it makes pretty decent laptops, though not as good as Apple's.
I know, but Microsoft does know how to sell stuff and make money in the process. That does not mean MS will be around for ever. They could fail miserably, and probably will, since it is now run by greedy suits and not innovators.
Yes, I know, but Microsoft still churns out products that people buy, and that was the point I was trying to make. The point this time was not to bash the Evil Empire(TM), but to illustrate what happens when the financial objectives of the suits take precedence over the creative focus of innovators, engineers and artists.
Any company that is large enough and is run by economists and overpaid suits long enough will inevitably run aground. This happened to Polaroid in the 1990s and IBM in the '80s, and indeed to Apple some ten years ago. It will probably happen to Microsoft one day soon. Today, the success or failure of a company is the focus it puts on technology, and the transformation of that technology into stuff they can sell. The masters at this right now are Apple, Canon and Sony, and yes, Microsoft. Many other major companies just don't have a clue.