[electrichead]

You don't use GitHub or LinkedIn or Skype either?

You might also rely on sites that are built with Microsoft technologies (Stack overflow for example) or find that your workplace gets by with Excel.

It's hard to say you don't use their technologies.

[20190129]

I agree with you, I often find I like Microsoft's services and subsidiary products (those you listed).

I also use the crap out of Excel.

But he's right Windows is taking a dive. And other Microsoft products. Example number 1: Excel has these cheesy glide animations that do nothing but slow down imports.

I export a report from quickbooks to excel and if it's a large one it almost feels like Excel will crash just from processing so many animations.

I tried turning it off, but it's not as easy as it looks.

[timrichard]

> You might also rely on sites that are built with Microsoft technologies (Stack overflow for example)

... which is also reliant on HAProxy, ElasticSearch and Redis, but that part doesn't get quoted so much.

https://stackexchange.com/performance

[z3t4]

My wife just spent several hours making a Word document, then it refused to save ... It didn't even say why it couldn't save. She is a long time Windows and Word/Office user, and pretty good with computers. But she is starting to hate technology more and more.

[bduerst]

Github is a recent acquisition, but Linkedin and Skype are not exactly shining examples.

[ProAm]

> It's hard to say you don't use their technologies

Use or rely on. I have to rely on Windows. Everything else you listed has acceptable replacements.

[bayulxc5]

I don't use github or linkedin. I don't use skype either... because Microsoft ruined it and everybody left (for business now I use Hangouts and for gaming now I use Discord).

[Bamafan]

I'll bet you use Azure though (even if you don't realize it). I guarantee you use apps/websites/services that leverage Azure.

[yuy910616]

that's clearly wrong. not everybody left. you left

[VRay]

Everyone I know quit using Skype too.. it's tough to have this argument without access to expensive market research reports, though

More anecdotally, the only time I used Skype in the last few years was when I had a remote job interview with LINE. (Ironically, LINE's core product is a Skype competitor, and they refused to use it for the interview even though I said I'd rather stick with LINE and not install Skype. If that isn't a red flag, I don't know what is, haha)