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[-] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Only semi-related: Why do they always show pictures of Gates when he hasn't been involved in MS in a long time? Why never Satya Nadella?

EDIT: Also, yes, related to the actual question already living Linux full time and when October rolls around probably gonna back up everything from the Windows side of my dual-boot and wipe the 1TB NVMe Windows is on to use as storage.

[-] UpperBroccoli@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 3 weeks ago

Personally, I think this picture of Steve Balmer is so much more iconic and should be used for every single article about Microsoft or Windows:

Developers developers developers developers! Developers developers developers developers! Developers developers developers developers! Developers developers developers developers! Developers developers developers developers!

[-] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

It's weird how MS's putting developers first became a joke. Back in the 80's, companies like HP and IBM had open warehouses with coders at desks lined up like factory workers. MS was the first big company to give a private office to every programmer.

[-] MurrayL@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The approach isn’t what became a joke, it was the absolutely unhinged way in which it was presented in that famous Ballmer stage appearance.

[-] pycorax@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

I'd take that any day over the unhinged AI focus from all these companies now or Google's awful documentation from the past few years.

[-] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Oh sure, it was crazy. But the sentiment behind it was good. It's like how Howard Dean got dunked on for his scream.

[-] HeyJoe@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

I was thinking the same thing. He will just forever be known as the guy. Maybe it will change once he dies?

[-] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 weeks ago

Maybe, he is indeed looking hella rough in this photo.

[-] TheHobbyist@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 weeks ago

Seems he's using the same orange tan as the other orange guy haha

[-] capuccino@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I don't think so. Gates' shoes are big ones.

[-] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone -1 points 3 weeks ago

https://www.businessinsider.com/bill-gates-harassment-inappropriate-conduct-women-microsoft-jeffrey-epstein-2021-5

You're right, it's really hard to fill the shoes of someone who abuses their power and position to try to hook up with women.

[-] b_tr3e@feddit.org 3 points 3 weeks ago

Because he set the general, evil directions for MS. Like keeping users uninformed and locked in, smearing the competition, sabotaging open standards, taking your control over your hardware and data away from users, etc. All happened during evil Bill's reign.

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 3 points 3 weeks ago

Not to mention the many deals with hardware manufacturers in order to avoid competing OSs to have any chance. They managed to kill BeOS and dominate the Japanese market in the 90s

[-] Wooki@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Under his watch they did form the anti-opensource and EEE mantra

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