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Re:Actual impostors don't get impostor syndrome by bbarnett on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @06:15PM (#28148524)
Microsoft wasn't historically an "internet company".

They were an OS only, non-internet company, compared to the rest. When the acronym was created, it was still that way.

Even now, they make most of their butter from OS installs, although yes, they have branched out a lot.

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Re:Actual impostors don't get impostor syndrome by icedchai on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @06:21PM (#28148592)
They were, though now I feel Microsoft is actually a more diversified tech company than the FAANGs. Consumer software and hardware, enterprise software, cloud / Internet, gaming, open source (github, etc.)
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Re:Actual impostors don't get impostor syndrome by sorry_outta_gas on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @08:21PM (#28150012)
Micorosft has alwyas been the hyper diversified tech company, they could lose an entire segments of their market and still truck along
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Re:Actual impostors don't get impostor syndrome by menzoic on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @06:29PM (#28148686)
The acroynm is based purely on stock performance during the time it was created. You could make the same argument for Apple but Apple was on the list from day 1.
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Re:Actual impostors don't get impostor syndrome by jldugger on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @06:48PM (#28148927)
Apparently jim cramer invented the term and AAPL wasn't on the list in 2013: https://www.cnbc.com/id/100436754
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Re:Actual impostors don't get impostor syndrome by sseagull on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @07:05PM (#28149171)
And I think this supplanted the earlier "four horsemen" terminology.

Originally: Intel, Cisco, Microsoft, Dell

Then (in 2007): Apple, Research in Motion (Blackberry), Google, Amazon

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Re:Actual impostors don't get impostor syndrome by bbarnett on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @08:09PM (#28149913)
I think there's more nuance here, for example, Microsoft never succeeded in disrupting anyone but itself.

Others were major market movers and shakers.

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Re:Actual impostors don't get impostor syndrome by whimsicalism on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @07:35PM (#28149567)
Netflix wasn't historically an "internet company" either.
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Re:Actual impostors don't get impostor syndrome by triceratops on Thursday August 12, 2021 @09:45AM (#28156259)
What do you think the "Net" in "Netflix" stands for?
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