2015: The year that Microsoft started getting the benefit of the doubt
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Re: 2015: The year that Microsoft started getting the benefit of the doubt
#2I agree with all the examples mentioned in this article, but I think the beginning of 2014 was the year public opinion started to change. Nadella came out of the gate strong in early 2014. Just before that, Mike Krahulik's post about the Surface Pro 2 at the end of 2013 was a turning point for the perception of the product by people who prefer iOS/Android/Linux. (http://www.penny-arcade.com/news/post/2013/10/28/surface-pro...)
Re: 2015: The year that Microsoft started getting the benefit of the doubt
#3Benefit of the doubt is nice, but delivery has been poor to nonexistent.
Microsoft is barely taking back its own declining market of non-phones -- while making a wild bet on augmented reality.
I feel like the media wants to paint a comeback story a la Apple a lot more than one actually exists.
Re: 2015: The year that Microsoft started getting the benefit of the doubt
#4I agree with all the examples mentioned in this article, but I think the beginning of 2014 was the year public opinion started to change. Nadella came out of the gate strong in early 2014. Just before that, Mike Krahulik's post about the Surface Pro 2 at the end of 2013 was a turning point for the perception of the product by people who prefer iOS/Android/Linux. ( http://www.penny-arcade.com/news/post/2013/10/28/surf…
Public opinion changes when mainstream entities (people/organizations) validate something new. Microsoft has been coming out with good stuff for several years now, but that opinion has been restricted to a subset of technophiles. If in 2014 you told someone about tablets and styluses, you'd either get a dumb look or the standard Jobs like ("you're doing in wrong")
So what happened in 2015? Well, Apple validated (copied) Microsoft's work. Today you can tell someone about a tablet stylus or keyboard cover and they'll enthusiastically agree it's good, because did you hear? The iPad has it.
Re: 2015: The year that Microsoft started getting the benefit of the doubt
#5They've done some brilliant things for developers this year, but sadly shipped a giant spyware operating system at the same time. From what I've read people are still trying to determine everything it's calling home.
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Re: 2015: The year that Microsoft started getting the benefit of the doubt
#7Not mentioned in the article: how much Microsoft paid for this shilling.
Shill Shill Shill. The Microsoft way.
Re: 2015: The year that Microsoft started getting the benefit of the doubt
#8Benefit of the doubt is nice, but delivery has been poor to nonexistent. Microsoft is barely taking back its own declining market of non-phones -- while making a wild bet on augmented reality. I feel like the media wants to paint a comeback story a la Apple a lot more than one actually exists.
My observation as well. Bought a Surface Book earlier this year and it was crashy as hell. Took it back to the store. Good luck competing with Apple in the premium segment with this level of QA.
Re: 2015: The year that Microsoft started getting the benefit of the doubt
#9I agree with all the examples mentioned in this article, but I think the beginning of 2014 was the year public opinion started to change. Nadella came out of the gate strong in early 2014. Just before that, Mike Krahulik's post about the Surface Pro 2 at the end of 2013 was a turning point for the perception of the product by people who prefer iOS/Android/Linux. ( http://www.penny-arcade.com/news/post/2013/10/28/surf…
Public opinion changes when mainstream entities (people/organizations) validate something new. Microsoft has been coming out with good stuff for several years now, but that opinion has been restricted to a subset of technophiles. If in 2014 you told someone about tablets and styluses, you'd either get a dumb look or the standard Jobs like ("you're doing in wrong") So what happened in 2015? Well, Apple validated (copi…
We all remember this, right? http://www.cultofmac.com/388350/ipad-pro-comic/
Sums it up fairly well.
Re: 2015: The year that Microsoft started getting the benefit of the doubt
#10They've done some brilliant things for developers this year, but sadly shipped a giant spyware operating system at the same time. From what I've read people are still trying to determine everything it's calling home.
which remains for me the main reason why regardless of it is now being cool again I still avoid it like the plague. another funny thing is that they have improved their OS security so much that it is now considered harder than Linux, and Apple