[sah2ed]

> As a side note, is Microsoft still considered a company on its way to oblivion? I personally think they reinvented themselves in the new era. Am I mistaken in my view?

You are not mistaken but back in 2012 when the article was written it was pretty common to bash Microsoft.

In fact, PG had written an older essay with a click-bait title of "Microsoft is Dead" [1] in 2007. Naturally, many people didn't realize he meant that metaphorically so he wrote a rejoinder titled "Microsoft is Dead: The Cliffs Notes" [2].

[1] http://www.paulgraham.com/microsoft.html

[2] http://www.paulgraham.com/cliffsnotes.html

[erikpukinskis]

Notably Ballmer left in 2014.