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Microsoft, Rebooted, Emerges as a Tech Leader

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Re: Microsoft, Rebooted, Emerges as a Tech Leader

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Post by widowlark »

Camillo wrote: post #110
dpark wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not entirely gone but it's dying. I'm still in a private office. Lots of devs on my team are doubled up, though. Many teams have already moved to open spaces. Demographics are a factor. Lots of devs, especially younger devs, and especially devs who've worked at other younger companies are asking for open floor plans. Not all of them, but a sizable chunk. That plus reduced cost for providing office space to devs…

They are asking for open floor plans? Is there anything young people won't ruin?

Do you seriously feel like you need your own office? We live in the 21st century for god's sake. Rather than a private office, I want to work from home most of the time.

Re: Microsoft, Rebooted, Emerges as a Tech Leader

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Post by jrdmcgr »

jrdmcgr wrote: post #177

Just curious. How do you read wsj.com articles? WSJ requires me to subscribe or sign in. >To Read the Full Story, Subscribe or Sign In

So, I just read elsewhere that if I come in through google, then it doesn't show the paywall. So, I just pasted the title into google.

Re: Microsoft, Rebooted, Emerges as a Tech Leader

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Post by digler999 »

Zaheer wrote: post #117
digler999 wrote: post #111

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> I love my Surface Pro 4, I'd love one if I could put linux on it. or if I could buy an OEM pc without an OS (and yes I know there are some vendors that "allow" (just that word makes me cringe) you to do it, but it should be a right). If, by their own definition, it's "intellectual" (and not material) property, then if I dont use it I shouldn't have to pay for it. If they want to sell Surface because it's an awesome…

You're not their target demographic. 99% of people don't want to put linux on it.

back in the 90's, 99% of people didn't want linux either, and MS did just fine without "physically" locking you out of their competition.

Re: Microsoft, Rebooted, Emerges as a Tech Leader

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Post by scholia »

cmdrfred wrote: post #173
hashhar wrote: post #162

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It's really amazing how the list you created includes different products for each bullet but Microsoft (or M$ if you prefer) combined all of them into a single product which actually functions.

So if Apple threw a stylus and a word processor on the iPhone they would be innovators too?

Microsoft had a stylus and a word processor on PocketPC handhelds long before the iPhone, and Apple had them on the Newton, though Palm was there first....

Going back to 1989, Microsoft had a stylus-operated tablet with the GRiDPad, which was running MS-DOS with Extensions for Pen Computing.

SketchPad was innovative. Otherwise, such claims generally tend to illustrate that the claimant doesn't know enough computer history...

Re: Microsoft, Rebooted, Emerges as a Tech Leader

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Post by yummyfajitas »

KirinDave wrote: post #179
widowlark wrote: post #175

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>ads on the lock screen You understand that you approved these ads when you set up windows initially, and that they can be removed with the flick of a switch in the lock screen settings?

They aren't even the default now, right?

My windows machine does not display them, and I don't remember even being asked.

Re: Microsoft, Rebooted, Emerges as a Tech Leader

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Post by yummyfajitas »

ktamura wrote: post #165
yummyfajitas wrote: post #144

I recently bought a Lenovo sporting Windows 10 and decided to give it a fair try. I've been using Windows exclusively on my personal laptop for about 2 months and so far it's a good experience. This is after 16 years of running linux (or briefly a mac) on the desktop. The window manager is tolerable (not as good as Xmonad, but equivalent to Unity). Windows subsystem for linux is letting me get my work done with no pr…

>Cortana is actually pretty cool. A fellow Windows user (with a decent experience on Linux as well). Is there a way to use Cortana from PowerShell/cmdline?

I assume you want Cortana via typing? I press the windows key and just type.

Re: Microsoft, Rebooted, Emerges as a Tech Leader

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Post by DesiLurker »

scholia wrote: post #174
tonyplee wrote: post #168

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I also got a new win10 HP laptop and new gaming win10 desktop recently, but has different experiences. I absolutely hate the constant force update/reboot from Win10 and the huge amount background / network activities/connections. After most of the win10 background networks connections are blocked and force update/reboot is disabled with Windows firewall, the system are usable now. I tried and found the new Linux subs…

> constant force update/reboot from Win10 Really? How often? I have "active hours" set and I rarely get more than one reboot per month. Same with network connections, and what they're doing. Some recorded facts would be more interesting than your impressions...

I have the same experience, it seems everytime I open my win10 laptop the damn thing does updates for many minutes. my windows desktop is more well behaved though. it seems it needs to be actively used so it always stays updated. not an apple fan by a longshot but my office macbook is always ready to be used whenever I open it, even if I do it after weeks.

MS really needs to get their shit together especially on the laptops.

Re: Microsoft, Rebooted, Emerges as a Tech Leader

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Post by scholia »

slezakattack wrote: post #81
rubyfan wrote: post #70

This article loses credibility with the opening line... FTA: After years of missteps, the software giant is among the few titans of the 1990s to figure out the new world of mobile technology and cloud computing. Saying MSFT have figured out mobile is a little too much of a stretch. They have tried many things in the space, they have figured out more of what doesn't work than what does. Unfortunately the market doesn'…

They might not be a huge contender in the smart phone market, but are tablets not considered "mobile"? I agree, it might've been more appropriate to not generalize with saying they solved mobile and instead point out a particular mobile offering that is excelling or something.

Tablets, 2-in-1s and most laptops are actually mobile. This is one of the reasons why Windows 10 is in large part a mobile operating system.

The next generation of ARM-based Windows 10 tablets, 2-in-1s and laptops will also be much more SIM-friendly.

Re: Microsoft, Rebooted, Emerges as a Tech Leader

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Post by scholia »

jrdmcgr wrote: post #182
jrdmcgr wrote: post #177

Just curious. How do you read wsj.com articles? WSJ requires me to subscribe or sign in. >To Read the Full Story, Subscribe or Sign In

So, I just read elsewhere that if I come in through google, then it doesn't show the paywall. So, I just pasted the title into google.

If you look at the top of the page, there's a "web" menu item next to the number of comments.

Re: Microsoft, Rebooted, Emerges as a Tech Leader

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Post by [deleted] »

Pxtl wrote: post #180
dispose13432 wrote: post #154

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>Windows subsystem for linux is letting me get my work done with no problems While it's not bad, they blew the terminal completely!! Why couldn't they at least use something like cygwin's terminal? You can't delete text properly.

Yeah, the Windows terminal is an albatross since time immemorial. The problem was that the last attempt to rewrite it got vicious scope-creep and we ended up with powershell instead of just a non-stupid terminal.

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