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Microsoft announces Scout, an autonomous AI agent built on OpenClaw

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Re: Microsoft announces Scout, an autonomous AI agent built on OpenClaw

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Post by lgsymons »

TZubiri wrote: post #31
saghm wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Microsoft putting their name in total vibe coded slop that breaks every release and super bloated? They never seem to have any problem with this if you take out the words "vibe coded", so it's not that crazy to me that adding it doesn't make a difference

What would be another example of Microsoft forking an OS program and slapping their name on it? As far as I know MSFT started open sourcing some of their own tech just shy of a decade ago, but white labelling OS tech I haven't seen much, maybe WSL?

Edge

Re: Microsoft announces Scout, an autonomous AI agent built on OpenClaw

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Post by partiallypro »

vitally3643 wrote: post #20
andsoitis wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Microsoft is effectively dead. Microsoft is the 4th largest company by market cap.

Tesla has shown very conclusively that that metric has almost nothing to do with reality.

Tesla trades at a massive multiple, Microsoft doesn't. I think a lot of you just hate Microsoft and ignore (or rather prefer to pretend) the reality that the world runs on it.

Re: Microsoft announces Scout, an autonomous AI agent built on OpenClaw

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Post by wan23 »

theturtletalks wrote: post #50
john_strinlai wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> IBM still exists. They're the perfect example of how far a corporate behemoth can keep rolling after it effectively dies. wish i ran a dead company that did 67 billion in revenue last year, with year-over-year increases. > Microsoft is effectively dead. damn, and this dead company did 280 billion in revenue last year. (you have a ~unique~ definition of dead.)

But can really say any of their products are top of their respective niches? Windows, Xbox, Azure are not the gold standard. They had the lead or close to it in these niches but floundered that. I never understand these takes like they did this much in revenue. OP acknowledges that, they have enterprise down and are too big to fail. What’s to say they couldn’t be doing more revenue? Or even better year over year if t…

If Windows isn't the gold standard having 70% of the market, then what is? Azure is in second place not by far after AWS. And these are huge, HUGE markets. I wouldn't say your local grocer is dead because it's not Costco, and of course by this logic Costco is itself dead because it's not Walmart.

Re: Microsoft announces Scout, an autonomous AI agent built on OpenClaw

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Post by dafelst »

theturtletalks wrote: post #50
john_strinlai wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> IBM still exists. They're the perfect example of how far a corporate behemoth can keep rolling after it effectively dies. wish i ran a dead company that did 67 billion in revenue last year, with year-over-year increases. > Microsoft is effectively dead. damn, and this dead company did 280 billion in revenue last year. (you have a ~unique~ definition of dead.)

But can really say any of their products are top of their respective niches? Windows, Xbox, Azure are not the gold standard. They had the lead or close to it in these niches but floundered that. I never understand these takes like they did this much in revenue. OP acknowledges that, they have enterprise down and are too big to fail. What’s to say they couldn’t be doing more revenue? Or even better year over year if t…

You don't need to be the gold standard to make obscene amounts of money. Product quality and financial success are only loosely correlated at best.

Re: Microsoft announces Scout, an autonomous AI agent built on OpenClaw

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Post by pjmlp »

observationist wrote: post #8
infecto wrote: post #2

Microsoft is still going to win because they are the no risk option for many businesses but wow I might actually be embarrassed to be part of these efforts. I hate to use such hyperbolic language too but they have continued year over year for the past 3 years failed to deliver in AI. From the useless frameworks they have been building on the Azure side, the partnership with Anthropic where they are still building cop…

How's your IBM mainframe doing, these days? Wait, you use Watson, right? IBM still exists. They're the perfect example of how far a corporate behemoth can keep rolling after it effectively dies. Microsoft is effectively dead. It's easier and less hassle to use Linux desktop environments than to wrestle with Windows bullshit. Their flagship product is a sad joke, their leadership is flailing for purpose, and their ent…

IBM owns Linux thanks to Red-Hat investments, alongside all the ones that have done directly.

GCC, OpenJ9, Wayland, GNOME, systemd,...

Valve has to translate Windows games to have any content worth playing on Steam Deck.

Everyone and their dog use VSCode, npm, Typescript, Github, LinkedIn,...

Re: Microsoft announces Scout, an autonomous AI agent built on OpenClaw

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Post by gigel82 »

observationist wrote: post #8
infecto wrote: post #2

Microsoft is still going to win because they are the no risk option for many businesses but wow I might actually be embarrassed to be part of these efforts. I hate to use such hyperbolic language too but they have continued year over year for the past 3 years failed to deliver in AI. From the useless frameworks they have been building on the Azure side, the partnership with Anthropic where they are still building cop…

How's your IBM mainframe doing, these days? Wait, you use Watson, right? IBM still exists. They're the perfect example of how far a corporate behemoth can keep rolling after it effectively dies. Microsoft is effectively dead. It's easier and less hassle to use Linux desktop environments than to wrestle with Windows bullshit. Their flagship product is a sad joke, their leadership is flailing for purpose, and their ent…

Are you high on your own supply, or did you genuinely hallucinate a reality where a $3 trillion company is dying because a handful of Redditors learned how to use Proton?

Re: Microsoft announces Scout, an autonomous AI agent built on OpenClaw

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Post by altmanaltman »

john_strinlai wrote: post #21
observationist wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How's your IBM mainframe doing, these days? Wait, you use Watson, right? IBM still exists. They're the perfect example of how far a corporate behemoth can keep rolling after it effectively dies. Microsoft is effectively dead. It's easier and less hassle to use Linux desktop environments than to wrestle with Windows bullshit. Their flagship product is a sad joke, their leadership is flailing for purpose, and their ent…

> IBM still exists. They're the perfect example of how far a corporate behemoth can keep rolling after it effectively dies. wish i ran a dead company that did 67 billion in revenue last year, with year-over-year increases. > Microsoft is effectively dead. damn, and this dead company did 280 billion in revenue last year. (you have a ~unique~ definition of dead.)

yeah its kindda wild calling one of the largest companies in the world effectively dead because you don't like their AI strategy.

Re: Microsoft announces Scout, an autonomous AI agent built on OpenClaw

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Post by joemazerino »

infecto wrote: post #2

Microsoft is still going to win because they are the no risk option for many businesses but wow I might actually be embarrassed to be part of these efforts. I hate to use such hyperbolic language too but they have continued year over year for the past 3 years failed to deliver in AI. From the useless frameworks they have been building on the Azure side, the partnership with Anthropic where they are still building cop…

Huh? Every enterprise uses MSFT. They aren't going anywhere.
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