{"id":16941,"date":"2012-11-28T10:55:03","date_gmt":"2012-11-28T08:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=16941"},"modified":"2012-11-28T10:55:03","modified_gmt":"2012-11-28T08:55:03","slug":"microsoft-has-failed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2012\/11\/28\/microsoft-has-failed\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft has failed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Microsoft has failed<\/a><\/p>\n

Microsoft is largely irrelevant to computing of late, the only markets they still play in are evaporating with stunning rapidity. Their long history of circling the wagons tighter and tighter works decently as long as there is not a credible alternative, and that strategy has been the entirety of the Microsoft playbook for so long that there is nothing else now. It works, and as the walls grow higher, customer enmity builds while the value of an alternative grows. This cycle repeats as long as there is no alternative. If there is, everything unravels with frightening rapidity.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the whole thing – it’s a really good summary of where Microsoft stands today.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

Microsoft has failed Microsoft is largely irrelevant to computing of late, the only markets they still play in are evaporating with stunning rapidity. Their long history of circling the wagons tighter and tighter works decently as long as there is not a credible alternative, and that strategy has been the entirety of the Microsoft playbook … Continue reading Microsoft has failed<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,62],"tags":[2076],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-16941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-general","category-technology","tag-microsoft","post_format-post-format-link"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16288,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2012\/05\/21\/google-chrome-overtakes-microsoft-internet-explorer-as-most-used-browser\/","url_meta":{"origin":16941,"position":0},"title":"Google Chrome overtakes Microsoft Internet Explorer as most used browser","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"May 21, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Via The Next Web I've learned that according to StatCounter global stats, Google Chrome has just overtaken Microsoft Internet Explorer as the web's most used browser. \u00a0These are very good news! \u00a0For the amount of pain and suffering MSIE caused to web developers all around the world during the last\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "All"","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/StatCounter-Google-Chrome-overtakes-MSIE-500x262.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":24244,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2015\/05\/28\/microsoft-desktop-backgrounds\/","url_meta":{"origin":16941,"position":1},"title":"Microsoft Desktop Backgrounds","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"May 28, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"After the upgrade to Fedora 22 last night, I was looking for a new desktop background image, to change the mood. \u00a0Surprisingly, one of the top search results pointed me to the Microsoft website, which has a selection of some really good background images. \u00a0 Backyard bonfire works well for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "All"","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Backyard bonfire","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/fire-500x313.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":27100,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2016\/12\/11\/php-microsoft-office-365-and-active-directory\/","url_meta":{"origin":16941,"position":2},"title":"PHP : Microsoft Office 365 and Active Directory","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"December 11, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Disclaimer: I am not the biggest fan of Microsoft. \u00a0On the contrary. \u00a0I keep running into situations, where Microsoft technologies are a constant source of pain. \u00a0If that annoys you, please stop reading this post now and go away. \u00a0I don't care. \u00a0You've been warned. 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