To really get my respect he needs to kill off ads in the Windows start menu and the pervasive Cortana surveillance.
To really, REALLY get my respect: I would like to see Microsoft be a pure, best-practice software company. Do GREAT things independently of Windows. Make native Mac applications that are truly great. Make a better Mac application than Apple can. Make better iOS apps. Be a champion of Linux. and so on. Strive for greatness on every platform, embracing that platform's uniqueness.
I wasn’t aware that this was an old school Apple vs Microsoft debate. But alas.
I don’t know if you’ve actually used the latest Office for Mac. It’s better than the older versions, but it’s still obvious that MS isn’t fully proficient in macOS development. For starters, the interface doesn’t respect the scaling settings on my 5K iMac. I’d expect that sort of shoddy UI from Steam or something.
The fact that iTunes for Windows is trash doesn’t change this fact at all, so I don’t knkw what you’re getting at.
I think Microsoft IS doing great on other platforms, and even open-source stuff. Of course I'm blinded by having a fanboy level love for them.
Except Windows 10. Reading Raymond Chen's blog, I was always led to believe Microsoft wanted to give the user the power, no matter what, even if it mean shooting yourself in the foot. Windows 10 seems to be the end of that. Stop taking away my power as a user Microsoft. I paid for the damn computer, don't act like it's your property.
1. 2006 Bill Gates stepped down as a Chief Software Architect
2. 2014 Satya Nadella became CEO after Ballmer.
Gates was good CEO but he was not a good Chief Architect. He had the knowledge, the intelligence and skills, but he had no ability to do good high-level choices. Chief Architect needs to know when to sacrifice in details to get the whole slightly better.
Microsoft is not known for innovation,but they should have been able to do gradual refinement better under Gates. Microsoft was really starting to crumble under the completely unprincipled approach to large scale architecture.
Can't really agree on this point.
Microsoft has historically done a lot of research and innovation, what they weren't really good is making a product out of that and bringing it to market.
They aren't. Almost most innovation they've tried to implement in the market have gone underappreciated or forgotten. That means they're "not known" for their innovation. I don't think Nokinside is saying Microsoft is not an innovator.
Then again, most of their money comes from products that are specifically borrowed concepts, competitively forced into dominance, with more purchase incentives than their competition, and before other companies could even get a foothold. So maybe that's what Nokinside meant.
Either way, I'm not surprised when people kick Microsoft for a lack of innovation. Nadella's focus on increasing innovation at Microsoft alone is evidence that they haven't been doing enough.
To really, REALLY get my respect: I would like to see Microsoft be a pure, best-practice software company. Do GREAT things independently of Windows. Make native Mac applications that are truly great. Make a better Mac application than Apple can. Make better iOS apps. Be a champion of Linux. and so on. Strive for greatness on every platform, embracing that platform's uniqueness.