Microsoft Switched To Google. But They're The Real Winners.
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Microsoft is not who they used be. Up until the 2010s, they had a massive ego and pride that they were the absolute best company in the world and that they were the only company that consumers should ever choose. This led them to try to break into virtually every tech sector you can think of whether that be browsers or smartphones. But, in most of these ventures, Microsoft got utterly humiliated and destroyed. Not to mention, people had a growingly negative opinion of everything Microsoft. You can’t blame Microsoft too much as virtually every tech company tries to go down this same path whether we’re talking about Google or Apple, but the same cannot be said about the new Microsoft. Instead of trying to be the main player in every single sector, Microsoft has switched their focus to simply helping the winner in each sector. With servers, they embraced Linux, with browsers, they embraced Google, and now with search engines, they’re embracing ChatGPT. While this background role isn’t nearly as lucrative as controlling the whole space itself, this strategy is likely way more sustainable. Not to mention, this approach is already reflecting in their market cap. In late 2021, Microsoft briefly overtook Apple to become the world’s largest company. Looking forward, Microsoft may end up holding this position for a much longer period of time. This video explains the radical changes that are apparent across Microsoft and why they’re likely the strongest tech company out there.
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The best decision Microsoft made was putting Satya as CEO.
He converted Open Source Developers hate for Microsoft to 80% of all developers to adopt VSCode.
+github ( and atom code)
Agree
VS is really good! as an ametuar coder at least, all the things confuse me like why do i want python cobra amazing epic super omega i just want javascript
VSCode with its telemetry
@@baardi2 yeah but that's the minority
Satya Nadella comes off as very humble. Unlike most other recent Indian origin CEOs in big tech, he didn't graduate from IIT, the premier engineering institutes back in India
Yep
They are only chosen for CEO's because they want diversity funds from Blackrock
Is IIT like UGA in my state?
Yep Satya Nadella is very humble by having a private Sting concert for Microsoft top executives days before they announced they’re firing 10k employees. He’s so humble and nice firing so many people and giving top executives juicy bonuses for the year and a nice concert
@@CoasterMan13Official it comes nowhere near the top universities of the world. It just has an insanely difficult entrance exam which helps them filter in the most diligent of students, which, for a pedantic country like India, is the pinnacle of academic excellence. In terms of actual innovation and scientific breakthroughs, i doubt it is even on the academic world map, definitely not to any prominent degree.
Nadella just did what needs to be done, with little to zero ego to go for it.
Satya likes to avoid satya nash
@@Worthy_Edge damn
or you can say Satya just pursued the _satya_ ...
Edge is basically the best browser right now for me. Clear UI, great build-in function e.g. vertical tabs, side bar, chrome plug-in, putting unused tab to sleep, great pdf viewer etc. And now with new bing, I can use it to summarize literally ANY pdf in 10s. It's just crazy good
Don't forget throwing webpages from your phone to your pc or laptop
I recently switched to edge as well and I think that its better than chrome. Microsoft rewards is also awesome. I switched because of ChatGPT, but even without it it's pretty good.
@@shikharmaurya5244 wait is chat gp usable for everyone already?
@@andrewk8636 I thought it was out and in excitement I downloaded edge but then I found out that it will get released later. I only downloaded edge because of ChatGPT but when I used it I was impressed. Edge is better than chrome for me.
try Arc. only for mac though
Google say that they are hoping to support small developers with chromium but I'd say it has much more to do with avoiding anti-trust lawsuits. There has been a lot of talk about breaking up Google's near-monopoly on search and about their anti-competitive practices. Google making chromium open source makes it far harder for this conviction to get through given they are actively supporting their competition while also making that competition reliant on google for updates.
Which is why they are also a major backer of Firefox.
Chromium WAS open source before Google saw the money on browsers. Now its code is poisoned to the core with spyware.
Imo it's best for Microsoft to use it's rivals software (if better than theirs) because they won't have to fight millions of monopoly lawsuits
Also, MS isn't tried what Adobe is doing, a.k.a. Bought every rival product in existence.
...yup, like Oracle did. Oracle lost Billions in market share fighting Google in the Courts. Google out started them, by buying up Motorola's entire patent library 🤔
Open source has its upsides, but also pitfalls.
It might seem scummy to throw out a competing browser standard and use your competitors' free of charge. But open source was how Google was able to surpass Windows and challenge iOS in the mobile phone race, but now the empire strikes back for the desktop.
This is good for competition in the end, which will help us consumers!
For sure!
How do these monopolies supposedly compete against each other help the consumer? Over the past several years what benefits have consumers received from them competing?
@@odemata87 all office web apps, android surface devices, GPT in bing for free, its not perfect but its better than not having competition
@@odemata87 everything
@@odemata87 Technically it's an oligopoly. If "monopoly" is "market of one", then "oligopoly" is "market of the few". Competition of oligopolists in one space means that new features, fixes, and sales initiatives will hope to pamper the consumers so they will pick Edge over Chrome or Chrome over Edge. If two competitors didn't exist, Chrome and Edge would stay the same and never improve.
I basically owe Microsoft my career. Satya has made Microsoft better.
Interesting. Care to share?
He has indeed
Being a former sysadmin and current developer.
I used to be a dev using Visual Studio to churn out embedded programs, and while I've moved on to a non-IT career, I've maintained and upgraded my Windows/Cloud knowledge to help my non-IT clients as a competitive advantage.
During this time, I've bet on (and feedback on) all Microsoft products like TabletPC, Surface, Windows Phone, Office 365, Windows 3.1 to 11, IE, Edge (original & Chromium) and even Hololens. I still miss Live Tiles so I held on to my Windows Phone until Microsoft killed the platform. My main gaming PC is Windows 10 but with DirectStorage on Windows 10 in limbo, I may have to finally give up on Live Tiles.
If Windows 11 (2H23) comes with AI built-in, that's when I may finally give in.
I'm generally familiar with Linux but as a desktop replacement, it's a hot mess. And Windows 8 was great on tablets. Just saying.
I learned BASIC many years ago. My first project for a small business was in GWBASIC. Nowadays Excel VBA has been extremely handy. If it was not for Microsoft I would be just a common user.
Knowing when to fold is just as important as knowing when to bet. This time, Microsoft decided to raise the entire pot!
Speaking of pot. Ever see any 1970s pictures of Gates?
...and now they hit - you guessed it right - JACKPOT!
Bing is giving awesome searches that Google used to provide, before becoming an Ad based search vehicle.
Not rly. It was good till duck duck go worked with it, but then it went to shit.
I tried it for a few days. It just didn't deliver. Example, I was searching for my phone's latest update file. Nope. It just won't give and recent results. Another example is, some new Hindi song released. It only shows some news sites when I specifically search for it. Not a single TH-cam link to be found. Every single time, I had to open Google to get the perfect results. Yes, Google became bad at search, but even in it's current form, nothing is even close to it.
@@rohitghali I think he is referring to chatgpt bing. He probably has early access.
@@rohitghali reddit seems better, they should make a serach engine
@@rohitghalibrave is much more comparable to Google , their results are exactly what you want
Idk why people don’t talk about brave search
Idk why but im kinda impressed with Microsoft's willingness to do whatever the hell it takes to get people to give them money, throwing all pride to the side.
Hahaha, looks like they’ve got their priorities straight
@@LogicallyAnswered I couldn't agree more. Your videos are incredibly well presented and convincing haha
Greed shouldn’t be commended
Well, they let me use a pirated windows XP when i was a student even though i get the not genuine watermark once in while. That made me get used to the microsoft environment until i finally started to afford their software when i had a job.
@@samatics4 not necessarily greed, if you can't stay on top, as a mega business, you may just dissappear....
the key is not isolation, the key is collaboration -🔥👍 best line ever said ❤️
deserves a pedistal spot somewhere
I miss the Windows Phone. I understand competing with Apple and Android was no easy task but I appreciated Microsoft’s take at phone software.
Windows phone failed because of the CEO at the time not because the product was bad, heck a windows phone at the time was far ahead of it two rivals iOS and Android on just about everything.
same! i loved my lumias!
The problem was Microsoft never gained market share in the US because Nokia wasn't as popular in the USA as in the rest of the world.
But even so they are the third largest.
So Microsoft just shutdown the entire Nokia Lumia line taking Nokia with them.
@@foca2002 when windows came out in the markets it was quite popular 👀 the us isn't the only market chief 😹, as you will remember Huawei was market leader even without the us market, so that wasn't the issue, like I said earlier the CEO Steve balmer was the main culprit in that whole mess, do your research and see what I'm talking about.
@@mwat22 in 2010 Nokia had a 34% Market share, in 2011 27%, and 2012 19% only behind Samsung, in 2013 Microsoft bought Nokia and they did even made the top 5.
Nokia had the brand and they are moving the market Microsoft was too slow and too focused in the US market and they had a good idea of trying to had a consistent hardware lineup in the entire family like Apple does, but they are already using outdated SOC by the time they launched anything.
PS: I worked for a Microsoft Large account reseller at the time Microsoft even managed of losing the corporate market with Windows Phone because they were to slow to respond to changes.
Edge being able to sync with chrome data is a game changer.
Not really, even tho Chromium is opensource, the services it connect to aren't and so you are better off use use Firefox which is the best browsee anyways.
It can?
@@rohitghali yes it can automatically download your extensions, Bookmarks,saved logins,...
bro, what
That's been the only thing still keeping me on Chrome
@@bass9052 No it can't. It syncs all your browser related data to Microsoft servers, they're mutually exclusive. I think you might be confusing with edge being able to use chrome web store to download extensions.
That has been Microsoft's best selling point of all time, remember the greatest deal in history between Microsoft and computer manufacturers instead of making proprietary hardware
I think Microsoft is on full force
They made good
* Browser- Edge ✅️
* OS - windows 11 ✅️
* Search engine - Bing + Ai ✅️
* Eco system with - Samsung Galaxy ✅️
* Gaming - XBox ✅️
* Productivity - Microsoft 365 ✅️
* Server - Azure ✅️
I doubt windows 11's position the list
Also the native integration with Linux kernels in windows, and WSL, and native package managers, and native runtime from Android mobile apps. Through wsa
Also, support for ARM in Windows 11
I was probably one of many that was genuinely excited for the first time to try a Microsoft product which was new Bing, as a company the CEO has definitely changed it for the better
What do you mean Windows Phone did nothing to improve the smartphone space? They were the first ones to introduce Dark and Light themes, first to do Smooth Animations when opening and minimizing any app, first with a Dedicated Camera Shutter button, first to have an Always On Display option, and probably a few more features I forgot to mention. Competition makes consumer products better.
@@RobKoch1962Nokia had an amazing camera tech engineer for many years. Microsoft bought Nokia and benefitted from that camera tech. Then Microsoft called Windows Phone quits, which caused Nokia to disband. Apple then hired that same Nokia camera engineer to work on improving iPhone cameras.
For me Edge is the go-to bundled with Microsoft authenticator to browse the web, it's seamless and fugging brilliant
I'm still sad Microsoft pulled the Lumia phone, they were on to something there if they just persisted. They made too many models it got confusing.
They just had to release 2 models like iPhone and Samsung did. Pro and standard etc.
I recently turned on my old Lumia 710 that I got around 11 years ago. It was just a paperweight at this point since there's no apps for it anymore, and the memory of the phone was dying slowly to the point the phone bricked itself for no reason, but it was a cool trip down memory lane. I feel it had a chance, but between fierce competition, some mismanagement, and plain sabotage from Google (remember they prevented Windows Phone smartphones to have a proper TH-cam app? They couldn't do that with Apple because they were already established, but Microsoft was just getting started)
@@CoTeCiOtm what if Microsoft launched a android phone with a touch of windows in it😂😂
@@boobeshkumar406 just get yourself a mid-range Android device and put Microsoft launcher, Bing, Edge, outlook & office etc on it and set them as the defaults. Photos u0pload automatically to onedrive and you get 1TB with an Office 365 sub. . That is pretty much the closest you'll get. Also their smaller folding device is Android, not Windows.
I’ve been amazed with XBOX Game Pass as well. The first time I started using it, I immediately noticed the “Friends”-interface, interactivity and connectivity that I really enjoyed back in the days.
Adding cross platform availability and great games (which don’t play them very long- but if I do, they offer in-game purchases as well. This is perfect).
Also, Teams has played a huge part a while ago. Recently I came back and they implemented a lot more features but kept the interface and ease of use the same.
Overall, I feel like Microsoft is sticking to certain features and design which consumers do appreciate. Even if these may be small and unnoticeable for a few.
Yet, it feels refreshing. I’d love to see Microsoft is embracing new technologies as they are and trying to support them rather than taking them over.
Also, my compliments for this video. Your point of view has been given very clearly and you gave some insightful developments and the contradictories of their past. Thanks!
I don't think that they are "truly embracing collaboration". I think they have just modified their EEE model (Embrace, extend, exterminate), and removed "exterminate" factor. They are embracing, extending but will simply ditch the product/company that will not work. Also, I think it would be common to see microsoft making absurd business deals that would benefit them the most, like the deal they signed with OpenAI.
To be fair, I did not like that Nadella seemed to be killing the things I liked about Msft Consumer at first... But Msft consumer is stronger than ever now
If Google can give up their ego and partner with Microsoft and bring in standalone app for pc like TH-cam music , google calendar , google drive and TH-cam they could benefit a lot. Basically by providing an alternative eco-system against apple.
Still delivering those stronger video intros, thanks for all the continued info share!
Thank you Mike!
@@LogicallyAnswered No, thank you! After watching the full video, your analysis feels like a business class on strategy of a great CEO. Always great content and congrats on getting to 400K subs and to many many more!
Microsoft lost bad and has been better for it since. What I like from Microsoft these days is their ecosystem feels seamless but open. I really wish Apple and Google would experience the consumer negative sentiment Microsoft did. Apple desperately needs to open up their ecosystem (I don't know how an ecosystem that locked down is even legal) and Google needs to stop trying to sell everyone at every level only to ditch products and services when they see slow adoption.
Microsoft lost? They are a software giant. They never lost. If you are taking about consumer products then yeah they lost.
hit the nail on the head with regards to apple. They are slowly but surely on the way to claim the title of the worst anti-competitive company in the consumer tech space
Why would a locked ecosystem be illegal? What's the legal basis here?
@@ultimaxkom8728yeah tf does this dude think we live in China?
I think it is intersting that both Microsoft and Intel both were digin those heights but then got decimated. Microsoft is a little ahead on the curve of crash and then rebound. In both situations they got a new guy to say "leave the ego behind and lets get back to our roots and focus on our core functions. Make those good and get people to like us again...then we will grow." Microsoft started the plummet and rebound much earlier but Intel looks to be heading in the same direction in the next several years, Hardware probably also just takes longer than software to make the turn around take affect. Both looked at IBM being a giant that fell and are attempting to learn from that. Very interesting to watch.
So basically Google is helping Microsoft first with Chromium and now the AI for chatgpt with thier publication
Without microsoft Google wouldn't be successful either
Well..Just goes to show you what a new CEO can do for a company
actually have to agree that one of Microsoft's strengths is their ecosystem of partners, and their openness to being critiqued and improved by those independent partners
It's Satya's influence clearly they adapt and survive
Not go with ego ! Like older ceo's of Microsoft!
It may not be immediately obvious, but I think the original Edge's biggest failure was launching without extensions. I remember lots of people being excited to try the new MS browser with a new HTML engine. But then it launched without extensions, even adblock. That was the first I remember of seeing doubt set in. Chromium Edge is great though.
but now i think they made all chrome extensions available. I opened up edge to see how the new update was, and i was surprised as all of my chrome extensions had been loaded onto edge
As far as I'm concerned, Edge biggest problem is that it doesn't let me set up the new tab page to my own convenience. Limiting user control is not user friendly. This the main reason I'm not using Edge.
@@rpg831 Chrome is pretty locked down too, out of the box. Anything that can be changed by an extension can be changed in Edge as well, with the same exact extension.
I totally agree. Satya is doing so much right. He gives off a very humble and approachable vibe. The culture at the company reflects that as well. Nearly every product they offer has a feedback button somewhere, and it goes right to the developers. They are extremely responsive to customer needs and seem excited about what they are doing. Honestly, MS is so good it scares me, because I fear the next CEO will screw it all up. Hope I'm retired by then.
Love your video. Very interesting point of view! They are also taking risk and adopting a startup mentality when it comes to ship products and iterate. They need to improve their ux faster though and I would love them to get back in the smartphone a mobile os market.
I use edge on linux cause it has 2 stores. I didn't even know it outperforms chrome and firefox. That's crazy!
For Microsoft to promote Chrome and Google within their OS is a brilliant move. I have been a Windows fan and use PC's with the Microsoft operating system for years in a corporate networked environment, but after trying Edge and Bing I went back to Chrome and Google pretty quickly. In my opinion that's a great combination. Good work, MS!
shouldn't Avdan be in the description for the Windows 12 concept footage?
Great video as always. I am starting to feel nostalgia for that one stock clip where you see a staircase with an arrow moving on an upwards angle. You use it often, but it works well lol.
Sorry I didn't noticed can you please tell the time stamp for it ?
Microsoft under Nadella has become more like Oracle, Nadella realised how much of a juggernaut Microsoft already is, and consolidated the company's focus and primary market to the commercial sector rather than the consumer sector. Like he said in the video, even if they drop the consumer business Microsoft will still be worth more or less the same.
Simplicity over sophistication
Windows phone had some promising features like live tiles (great use of screen real estate) which are lacking in iOS and android even today.
The windows phone keyboard was perfect
what windows ui is that that you've been showcasing in the video?
Hmm.. they say Google based, when Chromium Chrome and many other fast browsers have a parent in the face of Apple. This was Jobs generosity called WebKit, open-sourced framework at the time that changed so many browsers.
Now we come to a time where there is worst then Microsoft, Like Meta/Facebook.
Edge is actually pretty good. The only thing keeping me from giving it a real go as a daily driver is debug capabilities. Which is an issue most people don't have. And even within debug, I already found a couple of things edge is better. Edge is actually good, but the reputation of IE keeps haunting it.
Great video! Wish you had mentioned WSL tho but I understand it can be deemed niche 🚀
Does Edge support Google account sync? Like if I login in Edge using my Google account, will it sync all my bookmarks, settings, extensions, etc? This is the sole reason I'm still using Chrome. If not, I'll switch without hesitation
Nice job on 400k subs, you're doing a great job out here
Yes sir, couldn’t have done it without you guys!
Good take. But I do have to mention, that I still sorely miss windows phone. Sure, it was doomed to fail, asking every company to develop a third version of each app when the market was already divided between two established platforms was just unrealistic. But I remember buying this "throwaway" windows smart phone for less than a 100 e, that ran absolutely smoothly, had great battery management and looked much more interesting than the two competitors - which basically have been the same for all of their existence. I would've absolutely found uses for seamless computer/ phone integration. Apple would be in a perfect place for that, but for some damn reason insist having two operating systems. Not that I'd get on board with apple ecosystem, but still.
They should have embraced android ecosystem back then. Windows phone seamed to work a lot smoother.
@@paritoshsumrao Yeah, they should have. But still, while I use android by default now, I still think the windows phone would've been better.
Why is Microsoft Power point for Android dosint have the option to add template
Is it true that hackers have infected Google Chome with a virus?
Which browser should I switch to now?
I guess it doesn't matter whose first too many people just say something positive is much more meaningful
I love Microsoft products, from software to hardware. They are better than other alternatives. That's what I like about them, they see what others are doing, and they try to make it better.
If Microsoft made hardware his name could be Microhard.
@@germanborgesxrt good daddy joke 😊
who said that azure is 5 times cheaper than aws? where did you get that from? in most cases they end up being more expensive, specially for traffic and storage, and servers are not cheaper either
IBM went from a hardware company to consultancy/services company. MS had to reposition. What MS is Windows, X-Box is services...
Brave browser is better than both of these. More privacy, faster and less resources used on your computer.
Plus you can watch TH-cam ad free on iPhone like I’m doing rn
Considering how Google isn't dying any time _soon™_ (you literally gave a Google trends link when I asked for a source, when no one searches for google on google), I had to simply ignore most of the videos about bing that advertise it as thriving compared to google, but the recent videos are finally good.
Bing is actually legitimately faster than Google.
Edge is approximately similar performance to Chrome.
Microsoft is actually being talked about in these vids now.
i for one am getting fed up with "product ecosystems".
I think if the Windows Phone comes from Satya's CEO era, it would be a whole different approach. Maybe a quarter of market shares have gone to Windows Phone.
Holy shit this changed my entire view about Microsoft 🤯
I switched to Edge about a year ago. I think it has some very well thought out additions over Chrome. I was suprised.
I read a while ago that microsofts added chat gpt to bing, so is this accurate?
Still missing my Windows Phones. It was so safe, so fast and I was used to it because it was like Windows on PC. And Windows 8.1 wasn't the worst OS ever. It was the fastest Windows ever. Only the Start Screen and the lack of a Start menu sucked. I'm glad Phil Spencer convinced Satya Nadella to save Xbox and expand gaming to PC and Streaming.
Microsoft has launched a lot of products, but unlike you said a few have stuck, for example Xbox and a few others. Though majority of them did end up being flops
windows phone, og edge, skype,
Satan Nutella is such a good leader heading microsoft to be a juggernaut
The Google Chrome preference has to do with the Google Ecosystem starting with Gmail, Search, Photos, Contacts, etc
Nobody:
Microsoft in 3 years from now: "We are switching to a Linux kernel!!"
Microsoft still tried to force you to use Edge and Bing.
Great video! Thank you for posting it!
Thank you Vladyslav!
Why have you all of a sudden started making so many videos on Microsoft and Microsoft edge? Just asking
If MS discontinued Edge, then why can't I uninstall it from Win10?
Microsoft should make a creator focused Video sharing website to compete with TH-cam, a site that TH-cam should be and not what it is today.
Actually Microsoft has one. It's called stream. But currently available only to enterprises for use within company
6:57 Wasn't the worst OS of all time Windows ME?
After a decade and a half when I switched from firefox to chrome, today I switched to edge. I was fed up with how that browser performs on a very high end PC.
Why is it so hard to choose between the two for a business email, I can’t decide uhhhh
LA Needs a slightly better logo to fit the quality of the content, I subconsciously assume this is one of the more generic channels even though I’m subscribed and when I start watching, I watch till the end
Ah, I appreciate the constructive feedback Lucky!
Your coverage over Bing vs Google has been partial and biased. I'm really disappointed.
I’m sorry to hear that man. Personally, I actually still use Chrome and Google. I just find it interesting how much progress Microsoft has made. But I understand that too many Microsoft videos feels repetitive. This will be the last Microsoft video for a while.
i am using edge on mac as default browser.. how bout dat!!! the only problem with bing is there is no dark mode :D, if not i am loving microsoft for the first time.
Nicely told. Could have mentioned about in the space of Office 365 innovations like dynamic array, Power BI etc.,
I gave you first like and I give you a first comment I really enjoyed listening to you you are absolutely incredible my friend
Thank you for your support Omar!
top video
Thanks bro!
Personally, I prefer the Vivaldi browser. It gives me everything I want from a web browser, like built in ad and tracker blocking, tab groups and workspaces, etc. While not including intrusive bloatware, adds, AI, more adds, increased CPU usage, and even more adds.
man...why is the background music is scary to me.... ringing any bells 😅
Crazy that with Windows11 they can easily get back in the phone market with that dope interface.
7:54 really? For which workload and how do you come out with that conclusion that Azure was cheaper than AWS?
What’s up with the eerie music starting at 6 min? (chapter .Be Humble”) 🤨
I hope that forcing updates of windows would also end soon.
Azure is not actually cheaper. They clearly state "for windows and SQL Server". Quite a big caveat.
Microsoft Edge has gotten better now. It's so much better than Chrome. Edge with Bing actually gives you relevant search results unlike Chrome. Edge also has a ton of more useful features and it starts faster on Windows. Chrome now only provides ads.
The only thing I wish they would stop is this rental software nonsense. I tend to use a Linux desktop because I know that I can configure it and even change aspects of how it works pretty fundamentally if I so wish. The thing about the rental element to products from Microsoft like windows, office, (and from Adobe, like their creative suite), is that it is still very proprietary and restrictive in how much about it one can change.
Every time I use one of those types of product I get the unpleasant impression that I no longer OWN my own computer, and/or digital content. What I can do, whether I can even use it properly, and how it works or is configured, is restricted and locked down by the real "owner," namely the company to whom I must pay my monthly dues to enjoy the privilege of continuing to access my work - which is naturally often also stored and safely locked away from me in some proprietary file format.
So personally, while I have nothing against Microsoft products, I wish they would similarly adopt the linux desktop operating system space, and stop with this nanny state attitude that windows so often exhibits, instead adopting the more flexible and relaxed approaches to standards found in unix based systems.
Actually, it's two things. Rental software and putting our private stuff in the cloud as if THAT was our computer. It's like our desktop is devolving into a kiosk, turning into that experiment called WebTv.
Barely anyone even knows that Microsoft licensed a Unix OS called Xenix in 1980. It was an operating system for PDP11 originally, after that it has been sold and rebranded, and eventually came to x86 architecture as well. Xenix was really a Unix OS, with the POSIX file system, the Unix commands and permissions system. Later in 1981, Microsoft bought the DOS technology developed by IBM, and created MS-DOS.
I tried it for a few days making it my default search. It just didn't deliver. Example, I was searching for my phone's latest update file. Nope. It just won't give and recent results. Another example is, some new Hindi song released. It only shows some news sites when I specifically search for it. Not a single TH-cam link to be found. Every single time, I had to open Google to get the perfect results. Yes, Google became bad at search, but even in it's current form, nothing is even close to it.
Microssoft is much better under Satya Nadela than before, but it is still in no way a good / ethical company. They still push their products in Edge and Windows and it is still bad for privacy.
I'm hoping that windows will publish a DLL for their browser. I used to have quite a few internet web scrapers that worked wonders for getting information from my various accounts. But since edge came out and I knew that IE was in it's numbered days .... I've struggled with continuing to scrape web page data.
I know python has some excellent libraries for web related work. I've struggled to used them. I can't find simple scripts to learn from like I was able to use with the IE libraries.
sad
Microsoft didn't ENTER the smartphone space with Windows Phone 7... they invented the smartphone space in 2002 with Pocket PC Phone Edition. Windows Phone 7-8 was genuinely better than Android and iOS though in every way except marketing and the app ecosystem. The small number of people that tried it, loved it. The Zune HD was the best MP3 player I've ever seen, too. Extraordinarily good user interface design, but being released 10 years after MP3 players were popular was probably the biggest mistake.
Probably the same as Canonical where they drop their consumer products, Unity & Unity8, for the sake of IPO/money valuable. They hit the most valuable business, which is enterprise, and less focusing on consumer business.
Satya is the kindest person ever. He’s like SRK of software.
great video! But u r not right about WPhone - it was not just an alternative: it was faster, more convenient and tidy: it was better. Same could be said about W8.1
What the video failed to include is that this is not a new strategy for Microsoft. Embrace, extend and extinguish has been a long time driving principle. The pivot in their business model allowed them to embrace, now they are extending...
I remember on forums when Microsoft was referred to as M$. I haven't seen that term for a very long time...
11:14 I don't know about know about now but last time I changed search engine it only worked on address bar. Unlike Google Chrome where homepage also changes.
One fat slap on the wrist ALL tech giants need is to respect consumer privacy. In that regard none of them is humble. Let's hope for the best.
This is all great. Just a side note that they are probably quiet because they are doing huge data mining now of their consumers. The amount of telemetry is now off the scale and some countries have banned O365 in the public sector because Microsoft won't even tell them what telemetry is being logged.