Amid layoffs, Microsofties reveal further turmoil in Redmond
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Amid layoffs, Microsofties reveal further turmoil in Redmond
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Re: Amid layoffs, Microsofties reveal further turmoil in Redmond
#2It looks like pg was right 3 years ago: http://www.paulgraham.com/microsoft.html
Re: Amid layoffs, Microsofties reveal further turmoil in Redmond
#3Before succumbing to schadenfreude just remember that this will eventually happen to your favorite tech company in the future, be it HP, Dell, Apple, Google, Yahoo, Fog Creek, Amazon, Y Combinator, etc. Companies have ups and down.
Hopefully MS will see this as a learning experience, become a better competitor and then we as consumers will benefit.
Re: Amid layoffs, Microsofties reveal further turmoil in Redmond
#4Can you think of a project, a product or a company that succeeded with a somewhat negative-sounding name (even if meant somewhat ironically or as sort of a renegade mentality)? I'm drawing a blank.... It's odd that I can't think of a single one though. Even among game studios, etc.
Re: Amid layoffs, Microsofties reveal further turmoil in Redmond
#5Before succumbing to schadenfreude just remember that this will eventually happen to your favorite tech company in the future, be it HP, Dell, Apple, Google, Yahoo, Fog Creek, Amazon, Y Combinator, etc. Companies have ups and down. Hopefully MS will see this as a learning experience, become a better competitor and then we as consumers will benefit.
/ did happen in the past (Apple)
Re: Amid layoffs, Microsofties reveal further turmoil in Redmond
#6Can you think of a project, a product or a company that succeeded with a somewhat negative-sounding name (even if meant somewhat ironically or as sort of a renegade mentality)? I'm drawing a blank.... It's odd that I can't think of a single one though. Even among game studios, etc.
Garage games?
Re: Amid layoffs, Microsofties reveal further turmoil in Redmond
#7Can you think of a project, a product or a company that succeeded with a somewhat negative-sounding name (even if meant somewhat ironically or as sort of a renegade mentality)? I'm drawing a blank.... It's odd that I can't think of a single one though. Even among game studios, etc.
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Re: Amid layoffs, Microsofties reveal further turmoil in Redmond
#8Before succumbing to schadenfreude just remember that this will eventually happen to your favorite tech company in the future, be it HP, Dell, Apple, Google, Yahoo, Fog Creek, Amazon, Y Combinator, etc. Companies have ups and down. Hopefully MS will see this as a learning experience, become a better competitor and then we as consumers will benefit.
/ did happen in the past (Apple)
Sure, and it's arguably happening right now to some of the companies I mentioned (Dell, Yahoo) but if/when they recover it will likely happen again. Apple will likely face bad times at some point in the future.
Re: Amid layoffs, Microsofties reveal further turmoil in Redmond
#9Can you think of a project, a product or a company that succeeded with a somewhat negative-sounding name (even if meant somewhat ironically or as sort of a renegade mentality)? I'm drawing a blank.... It's odd that I can't think of a single one though. Even among game studios, etc.
What do you mean "a somewhat negative-sounding name"? Products succeed with embarrassing names like "Wii" all the time.
Re: Amid layoffs, Microsofties reveal further turmoil in Redmond
#10Can you think of a project, a product or a company that succeeded with a somewhat negative-sounding name (even if meant somewhat ironically or as sort of a renegade mentality)? I'm drawing a blank.... It's odd that I can't think of a single one though. Even among game studios, etc.
Wii. iPad.