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That's exactly what I'm talking about...
If you see the history of W10 and it's features per release, you can see that Microsoft focused on adding things for a special hardware (the latest one is for designers, before it is for desktop, the original for touch and mobile)... If they will focus on creating an operating system instead of a toy that can be used on different hardware, they may do better...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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I know... that's exactly what I wanted to say 
I was agreeing with you and giving the "bad" example
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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You may not have noticed, but Microsoft have been a hardware company for a while now.
Mice, keyboards, laptops (Surface et al.) and now all-in-ones (Surface Studio).
All those product lines seem to be performing quite well.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Of which
XBOX gained ~9% in 2014
Surface gained ~4% in 2014
Phones gained ~8% in 2014
Other devices are not even listed alone, but with all the other small services (software included) gained ~6% in 2014
Since then all these where merged into the More Personal Computing group that created a ~17% revenue in 2015...
Add to it all the reports about loosing the phone war (last report about 1% market share) and the fail-back of surface...
I would not call Microsoft a hardware company in no way...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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I break a lance in favor of MS mice: they are probably the best mice I ever had, particularly the Comfort 4500 is cheap, reliable, has 5 buttons and it is sufficinetly comfortable.
DURA LEX, SED LEX
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
When I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
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Two critical privilege escalation vulnerabilities in MySQL, MariaDB, and PerconaDB can help take control of the whole server, which is very bad for shared environments. No sense for just the Flash and Windows users to have all the patching fun
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Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has finally spoken out about his last few years at the software giant. "We loved, we laughed, we cried, and suddenly love died"
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Ballmer said: "I had pushed Surface, the board had been a little reluctant in supporting it, and things came to a climax about what to do about the phone business."
If that's true, it's very interesting.
Too bad their Surface / Phone initiative wasn't well thought out and targeted.
It could be a cool space out there with three major device vendors (with separate major OS choices for each).
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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says that his company has finally gotten to the bottom of the September 1st Falcon 9 explosion — claiming it was the “toughest puzzle” they’ve ever had to solve. Was it the "blow up" part?
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Was it an exploding iPhone? (Not just Samsung's "explode").
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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This solid oxygen may have had a bad reaction with another piece of hardware..
...
The solid oxygen that formed could have ignited with the carbon...
Yeah, that sounds definite. 
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It's sometimes hard to determine exactly what happened when the evidence is in thousands of small pieces scattered over a large area! My debugging often has similar problems. 
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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The software is codenamed Project VoCo, and it’s not clear at this time when it will materialize as a commercial product. The standout feature, however, is the ability to add words not originally found in the audio file. Oh, that's never going to be used for the wrong purposes
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Oh, that's never going to be used for the wrong purposes boring. Who wants me to give them some money?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I don't see the big deal. Our mainstream media already does that. 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Can it be used for REMOVING words from the recording without trace?
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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With its new Microsoft Teams offering, the Redmond giant has built a new chat-based workspace in Office 365 which brings together thread-based conversations, integrations with Office apps and extensibility features through support for third-party apps. "Everybody's talking at me. I don't hear a word they're saying"
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What an absolute waste of bleeding time.
The only plus I can see is that it will keep low-quality managers, HR, and marketing morons occupied, and out of profit-makers' hair.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Mark_Wallace wrote: What an absolute waste of bleeding time.
Why? Do you ever work on a team that is not all in one location?
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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ITYM "Do you never work on teams where the members are not ~~"
I create processes whereby remote team members can contribute.
I lay down the rules that make it possible for people to work from home for up to three days a week.
None of what I do centres around ridiculous, outdated, chatty toys -- a behaviour that ms is now heralding as a great advancement.
Remote team members don't need to chat, they need to contribute; they need access to far more powerful tools than a messenger with 900 emojis and "interactive communication" cr@p -- and they need to be able to use those tools in ways that are secure, painless, and productive.
As always seems to be the case, since Gates handed over the reins, the world has long moved on from the point they're starting at.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Mark_Wallace wrote: Remote team members don't need to chat
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Exactly the kind of reaction I expected from you, Mothly.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Mark_Wallace wrote: Exactly the kind of reaction I expected from you
What else can you say to someone who is so clueless, arrogant, and closed-minded at the same time? No point in even trying to have a discussion.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Yup.
First, deflection, by focussing on a single point (whilst ignoring all others) and responding to it without actually saying anything.
Second: Resorting to invective.
Next, you'll be saying something to try to convince people, whom you (and only you) believe are watching, what a sincere and nice chap you are.
Right out of the trolls' handbook.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Mark_Wallace wrote: by focussing on a single point (whilst ignoring all others)
I had no idea you wanted me to proof your entire message. I took exception with something you said, called you out on it to discuss. Sorry I hurt your feelings. Not my intention. But this is clearly beyond something you can discuss. Good day.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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