Is it time for bygones?
Feb. 24th, 2014 01:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
papoanayaI'm old enough to remember when Microsoft was the underdog against Lotus and WordPerfect back in the '80s. They fought to be in the position they are today; but along the way, the fight became dirty; after they managed to get the lead, they just became too afraid to lose it which eventually turned into an anti-trust case.
However, this post left scratching my head.
I am not sure why Mr. Hanselman comes up with this thing on generational hate against Microsoft. For instance, IBM also got into a nasty anti-trust case as well, but now it's being celebrated through their achievements in computing, for example, Watson. It's not like everybody loves IBM, but certainly not hate them enough to claim that IBM killed my pappy because of that anti trust case.
So, why the hate to Microsoft? I do not think that it is because of something they did but of something that they are still doing that is goes across generations of computer users.
Keep in mind that Microsoft was Microsoft when I was in college. I'm now old enough to be a grandfather. (three of my school mates are) so I can see the case of somebody saying bile against Microsoft that may influence a child. But eventually kids grow up and they make their mind. The interesting part is that: if the conclusion of those children is the same as their parent in relation to Microsoft, is it the parent's fault or Microsoft's one for that determination?
#thoughts #software #news
♲ timothy
"Microsoft Killed My Pappy"
theodp writes "A conversation with an angry young developer prompts Microsoft Program Manager Scott Hanselman to blog about 'Microsoft Haters: The Next Generation.' 'The ones I find the most interesting,' says Hanselman, are the 'Microsoft killed my Pappy' people, angry with generational anger. My elders hated Microsoft so I hate them. Why? Because, you wronged me.' The U.S. and Japan managed to get over the whole World War II thing, Hanselman notes, so why can't people manage to get past the Microsoft antitrust thing, which was initiated in 1998 for actions in 1994? 'At some point you let go,' he suggests, 'and you start again with fresh eyes.' Despite the overall good-humored, why-can't-we-get-along tone of his post, Hanselman can't resist one dig that seems aimed at putting things into perspective for those who would still Slashdot like it's 1999: 'I wonder if I can swap out Chrome from Chrome OS or Mobile Safari in iOS.'"
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
However, this post left scratching my head.
I am not sure why Mr. Hanselman comes up with this thing on generational hate against Microsoft. For instance, IBM also got into a nasty anti-trust case as well, but now it's being celebrated through their achievements in computing, for example, Watson. It's not like everybody loves IBM, but certainly not hate them enough to claim that IBM killed my pappy because of that anti trust case.
So, why the hate to Microsoft? I do not think that it is because of something they did but of something that they are still doing that is goes across generations of computer users.
Keep in mind that Microsoft was Microsoft when I was in college. I'm now old enough to be a grandfather. (three of my school mates are) so I can see the case of somebody saying bile against Microsoft that may influence a child. But eventually kids grow up and they make their mind. The interesting part is that: if the conclusion of those children is the same as their parent in relation to Microsoft, is it the parent's fault or Microsoft's one for that determination?
#thoughts #software #news
♲ timothy
"Microsoft Killed My Pappy"
theodp writes "A conversation with an angry young developer prompts Microsoft Program Manager Scott Hanselman to blog about 'Microsoft Haters: The Next Generation.' 'The ones I find the most interesting,' says Hanselman, are the 'Microsoft killed my Pappy' people, angry with generational anger. My elders hated Microsoft so I hate them. Why? Because, you wronged me.' The U.S. and Japan managed to get over the whole World War II thing, Hanselman notes, so why can't people manage to get past the Microsoft antitrust thing, which was initiated in 1998 for actions in 1994? 'At some point you let go,' he suggests, 'and you start again with fresh eyes.' Despite the overall good-humored, why-can't-we-get-along tone of his post, Hanselman can't resist one dig that seems aimed at putting things into perspective for those who would still Slashdot like it's 1999: 'I wonder if I can swap out Chrome from Chrome OS or Mobile Safari in iOS.'"
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
