[dkjaudyeqooe]

Whatever they did, MS is not an environment where ideas thrive or execution sparkles.

They've always been mediocre and probably always will, I can't see any particular purchase, or poach, changing that.

But they do have heaps of money. It's not clear that will be enough.

[autoexec]

> Whatever they did, MS is not an environment where ideas thrive or execution sparkles. They've always been mediocre and probably always will

Worse, they're increasingly user-hostile. Any tech in their hands can't be trusted to respect users.

[ryandvm]

Looking forward to ChatGPT exploiting my machine to install Candy Crush every 2 months...

[dkjaudyeqooe]

Increasingly big tech sees users as prey rather than customers.

Google seems ambivalent in this respect, but there is no question where MS's heart lies.