Comment by BugsJustFindMe
2 months ago
> Microsoft has a history of monopoly behavior
I just want to note that the case you link to was 25 years ago. The number of people working at Microsoft at the time who are still working there today is very small.
The Microsoft that was prosecuted for monopoly behaviour 25 years ago is definitely not the same Microsoft that owns:
- Github
- LinkedIn
- Activision Blizzard
- Xbox
- Azure, Sharepoint and Teams w/Copilot embedded everywhere
- major stake in OpenAI
- a multibillion dollar ad product portfolio (LinkedIn ads, Bing Ads)
After being told to not integrate Internet Explorer into the OS, they changed the name to EDGE and did it anyway? With the added excuse that it now compromises most of the file explorer functionality, too?
No, Edge isn’t Internet Explorer; they coexist if necessary for enterprise and legal reasons :)
> "history .. 25 years ago"
The comment was brief, and added detail is welcome, but corporate mission/culture often extends over time even with changes in leadership. Partly because of what was accepted in the past.
One of those people is the CEO though.
> I just want to note that the case you link to was 25 years ago. The number of people working at Microsoft at the time who are still working there today is very small.
That's just a long way of calling Microsoft a bunch of monkeys :-)
https://wiki.c2.com/?TheFiveMonkeys=
Wow this is a beautiful illustration :-) thanks for linking it to me.
True!
I think it is more reasonable to expect that the corporate behavior @ MS would remain in spite of the turn-over, especially if it's valuable / profitable to MS.
See "Tim Cook" at Apple and the preparation (the "we will do things Steve's way" pledge) run-up to him taking over after Steve Jobs's exit from CEO-ship was announced. Apple is still doing many business activities in the same way.