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Re:How Satya Nadella turned Microsoft around by pier25 on Friday October 23, 2020 @11:12AM (#24870313)
One of the reasons I won't switch from macOS to Windows 10 for work is how bad search is and the lack of a proper launcher like Alfred.

It's absurd that Apple came up with Spotlight in 10.4 (15 years ago) and Microsoft still hasn't caught up with such a fundamental game changer.

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Re:How Satya Nadella turned Microsoft around by snowwrestler on Friday October 23, 2020 @11:24AM (#24870443)
When I worked for a consultant to Microsoft in the early 2000s, they were excited about the powerful search features they were planning to deliver in Longhorn. But Apple beat them to market with Spotlight, and to my knowledge, search has never turned into a differentiating feature for Windows.

It's kind of crazy to think back to those conversations with Microsoft about their long-range plans. Some they have delivered well, like the transition to a subscription model for client applications. Some they have not, like native peer-to-peer social networking in the OS.

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Re:How Satya Nadella turned Microsoft around by sbisson on Friday October 23, 2020 @11:23AM (#24870423)
See Power Toys Run

https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys

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Re:How Satya Nadella turned Microsoft around by pier25 on Friday October 23, 2020 @11:35AM (#24870573)
I've seen that one and others (eg: Wox), but nowhere near as powerful as Alfred. For example, you can't even just get folders.

There's an issue open here about this:

https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/3347

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