Microsoft still has some old-fashioned hardcore talented developers who can code circles around brogrammers down in the valley. These people have a keen appreciation of the complexities of operating system development and an eye for good, clean design. The NT kernel is still much better than Linux in some ways — you guys be trippin’… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Microsoft
Ballmer dismisses dropbox as “small startup”
Dropbox, the internet giant with 100 million users worldwide is a phenomenon. Not only are they cool, interesting and providing a great service, competitors like Box or even iCloud can’t quite seem to catch up. Ballmer decided that Hotmail and Office are true competitors while dismissing the notion of Dropbox. This is good news for… Read more »
Microsoft’s IE advert – “Child of the 90s”
Microsoft just made the best Apple advert that Apple will never make.
Ballmer
It’s been a long standing opinion of many (including myself) that Microsoft is a huge monolithic company that has the capability to do seriously stunning things in the world. But they keep tripping up, and the crux of their issues lies at the man at the top, Steve Ballmer – who replaced Bill Gates as… Read more »
Windows 8 proving less popular than Vista
This is a headline I would have predicted, actually. Windows 8 is a vastly different beast to any version previously, and the woes that befell Vista are being felt today. As Vista came out with vastly higher specification requirements to XP, PC manufacturers were building under-powered machines to make a bloated OS feel even worse…. Read more »
Ballmer’s nightmare before Christmas
From Yahoo Finanace… Almost one year ago today, we laid out the nightmare scenario for Microsoft (MSFT) that could lead to its business collapsing. After laying it all out, we concluded, “Fortunately for Microsoft, none of this is going to happen.” We were wrong. This is a very damning look at how Microsoft and Ballmer… Read more »
Microsoft Surface saturated ads
I’m in the US at the moment for a few weeks stint for work. Other than the usual cultural differences, one of the more notable issues I’ve found with the US is that everywhere you look there’s a faux-Apple advertisement hawking the new Microsoft Surface. I’m not kidding when I say “everywhere you look”. It… Read more »
Yearly Windows updates
From The Verge… A big part of Windows Blue is the push towards yearly updates for Microsoft’s OS. Microsoft will kick off an annual upgrade cycle for Windows that is designed to make it more competitive against rival platforms from Apple and Google. This makes sense, but Microsofts completely fragmented development process makes this a… Read more »
Windows head Steven Sinofsky departs
Todays headlines read a lot like a week ago with the Apple departure of Scott Forstall, their head of iOS. Today, Microsofts head of Windows, Steven Sinofksy, is departing them. Amid the press releases and replacements being announced comes an undertone of Sinofsky being difficult to work with on several levels. In other words, it… Read more »
