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Re:"Ballmer must go", lead investor tells conference by mnutt on Thursday May 26, 2011 @02:37AM (#2586849)
Rereading that article, I had forgotten about this part:

"because synchronizing files is just not a killer application. I'm sorry. It seems like it should be. But it's not."

Re:"Ballmer must go", lead investor tells conference by sriramk on Thursday May 26, 2011 @03:47AM (#2586973)
I read that same bit again. Kudos to Dropbox - I would have agreed with that statement if Dropbox hadn't existed
Re:"Ballmer must go", lead investor tells conference by bad_user on Thursday May 26, 2011 @05:47AM (#2587156)
That's because Microsoft is not familiar with the single most important principle when designing consumer products ... simplicity and exclusion.

Dropbox is useful because it's in essence a simple product. Every time Microsoft designs something, it has to include everything but the kitchen sink.