[tendom]

America won the digital age, but the post-digital age will be won by whomever builds the most progressive laws into privacy and digital rights. America is at risk right now, and although momentum carries (hence why we even talk about Microsoft decades after any real innovation), but if America doesn't quickly course correct, they're soon going to find that the thing that made them great was freedom to innovate and thrive. In this new era, America is no longer the leader in freedom or the American dream. I hope whoever wins the next election is at least aware of this, as a country that focuses more and more on IP as a significant exportable product, if no one trusts or uses those products, and the natural resources have already been significantly exploited, this does not bode well for the long game.

[gnopgnip]

Besides a no true Scotsman fallacy here why do you think Microsoft is not innovating?

[tendom]

Can you give an example where Microsoft has been innovating? Innovation mean 'novel change' and I've not seen anything outside Azure that was even the slightest bit novel. Balmer was not a risk taker, but the Azure and VS teams have been turning that ship, but it'll be years yet before I acknowledge anything as novel.

BTW a logical fallacy cannot apply to a personal value judgement.