Re:Microsoft fixes a Windows 11 annoyance as PC revenue decl...
by lostlogin on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @02:59AM
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> Everyone wants to be Apple
Can they instead aim to be what Apple was? Being what Apple is or going where Apple is heading is rather gross.
Re:Microsoft fixes a Windows 11 annoyance as PC revenue decl...
by felixgallo on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @09:38AM
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Microsoft's talent pool is deeper and equally smart. The problem is in the leadership, which grew fat and lazy and permitted a continuously terrible corporate culture and unfocused plan, and in the design. Microsoft's historical game plan is to copy and leverage its scale, but you can't copy and leverage scale in design or in management.
To be sure, as another Mac user, they make sense in that they want Apple's revenue and reputation. The problem is they categorically refuse to invest in their engineering staff to even remotely the degree Apple does, which is reflected in the "quality" of the products on offer.
Everyone wants to be Apple, and they're all convinced despite ongoing proof to the contrary, that they can do it for pennies on the dollar. It's genuinely kind of pathetic how desperate they are to be Apple.