Re:Microsoft Has It All—Almost (1985)
by coldtea on Monday November 20, 2017 @02:48PM
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>And then Jetbrains decides that Android also needs a picture sharing app and hires Kevin Systrom[2] to develop Instagram. That absurd combination from one company is what Microsoft did in the 1980s and in that alternate universe, the Jetbrains owners would be multi-billionaire
That, with the exception that Instagram is more of a "cool idea that caught on with a run-of-the-mill implementation" and had the luck of getting acquired else they'd still be looking for a revenue source, whereas technically what MS did was far more impressive (and with actual paying customers).
That, with the exception that Instagram is more of a "cool idea that caught on with a run-of-the-mill implementation" and had the luck of getting acquired else they'd still be looking for a revenue source, whereas technically what MS did was far more impressive (and with actual paying customers).