Microsoft buys Xandr, AT&T’s advanced advertising business

Post by darknavi » Wed, Dec 29, 2021, 9:42 PM UTC

LeifCarrotson wrote: post #25

S_A_P wrote: post #17

Microsoft is on an interesting trajectory of late, but it also seems like there is some bifurcation as to what they're doing. On one hand they are trying to embrace Linux and pushing development tools forward, but on the other they are just making every slimy big tech type decision they can. I have my own personal axe to grind with them as they tricked my completely non tech savvy mother in law to upgrade her Surface…

"Some bifurcation" is quite an understatement! Unless you're trying to partition all actions into "good" and "bad", it's more like octofurcation or dodecafurcation. Microsoft is not a homogenous monolith...what does it even mean to split something that's already split apart? Here's an old org chart which shows Microsoft trifurcated: https://i.insider.com/4e0b340dcadcbbdd35120000 But realistically, each of 5 divisions…

Post by pjmlp » Wed, Dec 29, 2021, 9:44 PM UTC

PaulHoule wrote: post #78

pjmlp wrote: post #67

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I have to agree, despite my occasional pro-Windows comments. Here are two more nice pieces, despite VS being a WPF application, the team that owns the installer decided it was a great idea to rewrite it in Electron. And C++/WinRT tooling is so back to the 90's that even using MFC feels more fun. Apparently no one in WinDev can afford C++ Builder or Qt licenses to get how pre-historic they live. So we get Forms, WPF,…

That said I think Windows is still the market leader and better than the others. I don't know much about the story of MacOS but I doubt it's that different. I have a mac right next to me, my wife uses it to read her email, I use it to test web sites on Safari, and I can't say it is any better than the Windows machine I use. The finder is OK but many of the built-in apps like iTunes are "absolute p00p" and seem to dri…

Post by reaperducer » Wed, Dec 29, 2021, 9:50 PM UTC

13of40 wrote: post #57

S_A_P wrote: post #42

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I dont know that its hyperbolic to be irritated that MS couldnt get an upgrade right on their own hardware, especially when it was installed by the use of dark patterns.

The hyperbolic part is assuming that each of their 100K employees, and just as many vendors, are complicit in and guilty for whatever bug has allegedly affected OP's mom's computer. "Seriously if any MS folks are reading this- you really have pretty much erased any goodwill I had towards you"

Post by manigandham » Wed, Dec 29, 2021, 10:10 PM UTC

Post by fartcannon » Wed, Dec 29, 2021, 10:29 PM UTC

manigandham wrote: post #87

Adtech veteran here. This is week old news, and was expected by the industry for awhile ever since ATT failed to integrate Appnexus properly. Not sure why this thread has turned into so many off-topic complaints about Microsoft but this acquisition itself makes perfect sense. The duopoly of Google and Facebook has weakened with the changing landscape of mobile devices, tracking protection, and data regulation. Amazon…