Microsoft is now worth more than Alphabet • Hacker News Board

Re: Microsoft is now worth more than Alphabet

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Post by KyeRussell » Fri, Jun 01, 2018, 10:59 PM UTC

s2g wrote: post #154

Nokinside wrote: post #132

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Two large changes for better in Microsoft: 1. 2006 Bill Gates stepped down as a Chief Software Architect 2. 2014 Satya Nadella became CEO after Ballmer. Gates was good CEO but he was not a good Chief Architect. He had the knowledge, the intelligence and skills, but he had no ability to do good high-level choices. Chief Architect needs to know when to sacrifice in details to get the whole slightly better. Microsoft is…

> Microsoft is not known for innovation um, okay.

Please make comments that actually contribute to the discussion. If you don’t care to defend your stance, don’t say anything.

Re: Microsoft is now worth more than Alphabet

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Post by youdontknowtho » Mon, Jun 04, 2018, 10:56 AM UTC

golfer wrote: post #159

youdontknowtho wrote: post #27

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Agreed, but they still make like 90% of their money from ads.

You're close. The number is currently 86% and has been falling over time. https://abc.xyz/investor/pdf/2018Q1_alphabet_earnings_releas...

Oh. I stand corrected. Thank god all those PHD's are working on showing me ads. We're saved.

Re: Microsoft is now worth more than Alphabet

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Post by Semaphor » Thu, Jun 14, 2018, 8:37 AM UTC

radarsat1 wrote: post #97

Semaphor wrote: post #81

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Nope, MS just uses some Dark Pattern (at least on home) to make it seem that way. The link to make a local account is not obvious.

> Nope, MS just uses some Dark Pattern (at least on home) to make it seem that way. The link to make a local account is not obvious. I don't know how to prove it, maybe i should have taken a photo (but who cares right), but the link was not dark, it was _not there_. I was able to make a local account and switch to it after installation, but I was not able to completely the installation without a Microsoft account. Yo…

My fiancee just got a new laptop. They went from dark pattern to downright evil, the only option was to disconnect wifi, say you need a new address. Enter bullshit data and afterward it will create a local account for you. Fuck that shit.