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by agilob 135 days ago
Blizzard, Microsoft come to mind
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passwordoops 135 days ago
How far back do you have to go for Microsoft to be seen as "good" the way Google was?
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agilob 135 days ago
Windows XP for me
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cess11 135 days ago
.NET and VS Code gave some people the impression that MICROS~1 had become good and nice.
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AlexandrB 135 days ago
Blizzard ~10 years ago, maybe. Microslop has always been one of the worst. I don't understand why anyone would have a positive disposition towards Microslop.
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govideo 135 days ago
yep re blizzard. they've gotten lots better since the msft acquisition, based on my (limited) experiences with the newer employees there.
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saubeidl 135 days ago
Blizzard is a bunch of sex pests and Microsoft is the guys with the AI upsells on every inch of their OS...
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agilob 135 days ago
Wasn't Blizzard pretty alright back when Diablo 2 was released? and then LoD?
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SlightlyLeftPad 135 days ago
All that was Blizzard North honestly. So it depended on locality.
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