Microsoft is Dead (2007)
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2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
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HN comment orderThe most common form of Microsoft-hate usually centers around how a company of such gargantuan size makes such gargantuan fuck-ups. But this is to be expected of companies of gargantuan size, and is certainly not limited to Microsoft alone (although recently they've had more than their fair share). My qualm with Microsoft is all the little things that they let slip through. Little things like having a control panel with 100 different links with nondescript names. Is it really possible…
It's probably a good thing that Microsoft did not follow the advice: > They can't hire smart people anymore, but they could buy as many as they wanted. > Buy all the good "Web 2.0" startups. They could get substantially all of them for less than they'd have to pay for Facebook. > Put them all in a building in Silicon Valley, surrounded by lead shielding to protect them from any contact with Redmond. Instead, Microsoft did the exact opposite…
According to analytics, I've had 20,000 hits to my website in the last 30 days. 75% of those are reported to be running a windows operating system. As much as I respect the interesting point of view presented in the article, I sometimes wonder if sites like Hacker News and Slashdot don't put us all into some sort of exceptionally nerdy bubble-think. Like with the last week or so when everything I read seemed to say "google sucks", "lynch google"…
I guess I'm in the younger half, because on reflection, I realize that not only do I agree, but that this is old news to me. I'm not complaining, though -- this article made me realize something I didn't know consciously. A lot of commenters here seem to argue that Microsoft still has the vast majority of desktop installations, and that this isn't likely to go away soon. I agree (I don't like it, but I think it's true). But…
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 6
- Total points
- 640
- Total comments
- 1000
100+ points or 50+ comments
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-04-06 | Microsoft is DeadFirst breakout | kkim | 77 | 445 |
| 2011-01-09 | Microsoft is Dead | rajivn | 97 | 93 |
| 2014-02-05 | Microsoft is Dead (2007)Best thread | sharjeel | 182 | 182 |
| 2015-10-07 | Microsoft is Dead (2007) | luu | 97 | 92 |
| 2017-05-02 | (2007) Microsoft Is DeadHall induction | swah | 3 | 2 |
| 2017-10-02 | Microsoft is Dead (2007) | mizzao | 5 | 1 |
| 2018-12-02 | Microsoft is Dead (2007) | WisNorCan | 111 | 96 |
| 2018-12-02 | Microsoft is Dead (2007) | razin | 7 | 0 |
| 2020-12-30 | Microsoft Is Dead (2007)Latest 20+ point return | sampo | 50 | 82 |
| 2022-06-17 | PG: “Microsoft is Dead” (2007) | keewee7 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023-01-13 | Microsoft Is Dead (2007) | tomthe | 3 | 1 |
| 2023-02-08 | Microsoft Is Dead (2007) | JonathanBeuys | 3 | 2 |
| 2023-11-20 | Microsoft Is Dead (2007) | MrThoughtful | 4 | 3 |