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by Spooky23 2688 days ago
You’re missing 1996-2013 in Microsoft history.

A story that Microsoft honchos loved to tell was that some VIP dared to meet with Steve Ballmer and showed him something on his iPhone. I think the moral of the story is that Microsoft had changed at the time because Ballmer was insulted, but didn’t toss a chair at the guy.

The not invented here syndrome at that company is/was amazing. Microsoft wasn’t as bad as IBM, but they were on that path!