TheSecretAgenda t1_j0icrww wrote on December 16, 2022 at 9:26 PM

Microsoft has always been a "Me Too" company being caught flatfooted on just about every technological advancement.

They stole everything from the original DOS operating system, to Excel, Word and Internet Explorer.

The only thing they have ever had going for them is the massive profits from basically getting a piece of the profit from 90 percent of the desktop computers sold in the world. I would give the edge to Alphabet not that Microsoft won't try to steal their innovations and reverse engineer them like they always do.

drumnation t1_j0llhhp wrote on December 17, 2022 at 4:22 PM

They’ve made some fantastic moves in recent years. Their code editor is super popular with developers. Their typescript language has been adopted over JavaScript with a huge proportion of developers. They’ve made acquisitions of some really great tools over the past few years too. I wouldn’t count them out. I had the same opinion as you up until maybe 4 years ago.