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Re:Windows 10 0day exploit goes wild, and so do Microsoft ma... by golfer on Monday February 06, 2017 @10:56AM (#13580585)
Microsoft always seems to prefer going on offense rather than playing defense. They are one of the least self-aware companies I can think of. For example, this absolutely insane "funeral march" for iPhone and Blackberry they held in 2010 to celebrate the launch of Windows Phone 7 [1]. What other company would even consider this?

[1] https://www.engadget.com/2010/09/10/microsoft-celebrates-win...

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Re:Windows 10 0day exploit goes wild, and so do Microsoft ma... by PhantomGremlin on Tuesday February 07, 2017 @12:00AM (#13587177)
They are one of the least self-aware companies I can think of.

That was Uncle Fester's Microsoft. That behavior was an extension of Ballmer's pugilistic personality.

Today's Microsoft is just as tone-deaf, but in a different respect. For the life of me I can't understand why Nadella thinks that their recent behavior wrt. Win 10 is a good idea. E.g. rebooting user's machines during presentations, having spyware that it's not possible to disable, advertising in the OS, etc.

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