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Re:How accurate have Ed Zitron's AI skeptic predictions been? by oofbey on Wednesday September 02, 2026 @01:12AM (#49532002)
Wow. Ballmer fans. Hot take - I like the novelty! And yeah, I never really thought about how Bing, Azure, and Office 365 are all actually stellar products. Somehow I missed that. Azure was particularly good in the early days when you could only run Windows servers, not Linux. That was also the Ballmer brilliance - cut off access to the alternatives and they’ll fade away to irrelevance. (Irrelevance is of course not the same as “dying”.) Along those lines, let’s not forget Windows Phone. Also underappreciated. Or Silverlight! Pure genius that one. So many gems from the Ballmer era.
Re:How accurate have Ed Zitron's AI skeptic predictions been? by KellyCriterion on Wednesday September 02, 2026 @04:43AM (#49533555)
So, WinPhone wasnt bad!It just didnt take off because of app availability and therefore, traction.