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    From Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=@ldo@nz.invalid to comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy on Sat Sep 20 00:56:18 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

    Another quote from <https://www.theverge.com/tech/780946/microsoft-satya-nadella-town-hall-comments-ai-era-notepad>:

    Microsoft missed the mobile shift in what cofounder Bill Gates
    once described as his rCLgreatest mistake ever.rCY

    Microsoft didnrCOt rCLmiss the mobile shiftrCY. It had been doing mobile devices for years before Android came along, and it chucked a lot of
    resources into trying to fend off both Android and Apple. Its problem
    was that Windows was simply not a good OS for mobile applications.

    The software giant is still thriving despite getting left out, but
    Nadella is clearly determined not to miss the next big thing.

    It seems it still has not noticed its big blind spot: its
    preoccupation with trying to adapt Windows to address every new
    market. That doesnrCOt work: Windows simply isnrCOt versatile enough.

    And whatrCOs the common factor among all the products that have
    succeeded in knocking Windows off its perch?

    They all run on Linux.
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  • From Tyrone@none@none.none to comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy on Sat Sep 20 01:36:17 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

    On Sep 19, 2025 at 8:56:18rC>PM EDT, "Lawrence D-|Oliveiro" <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

    Another quote from <https://www.theverge.com/tech/780946/microsoft-satya-nadella-town-hall-comments-ai-era-notepad>:

    Microsoft missed the mobile shift in what cofounder Bill Gates
    once described as his rCLgreatest mistake ever.rCY

    Microsoft didnrCOt rCLmiss the mobile shiftrCY. It had been doing mobile devices for years before Android came along, and it chucked a lot of resources into trying to fend off both Android and Apple. Its problem
    was that Windows was simply not a good OS for mobile applications.

    The software giant is still thriving despite getting left out, but
    Nadella is clearly determined not to miss the next big thing.

    It seems it still has not noticed its big blind spot: its
    preoccupation with trying to adapt Windows to address every new
    market. That doesnrCOt work: Windows simply isnrCOt versatile enough.

    And whatrCOs the common factor among all the products that have
    succeeded in knocking Windows off its perch?

    They all run on Linux.

    No, not all. Macs/iPhones/iPads run on Unix. Yes, very similar. But not
    Linux.

    But your main point is one I have been making for years. MS is STILL a one-trick-pony in the OS market. Windows is all they have. Windows is not modular/portable/scalable. Linux/Unix is. Not to mention that Windows - and Microsoft - are not consumer-focused at all.

    And "AI" is not the Next Big Thing. Right now it is just The Next Big Hype. Just like "VR" was 5 years ago. Windows "AI" is being/will be rejected just like Windows phones/VR were. Because businesses don't need/want it.

    And MS is clueless when it comes to consumer products. And consumers don't
    even consider Microsoft when looking for consumer products. And consumers
    don't give a damn about "AI" anyway.

    Again, the "AI" bubble is about to burst.
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  • From rbowman@bowman@montana.com to comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy on Sat Sep 20 01:55:36 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

    On Sat, 20 Sep 2025 01:36:17 +0000, Tyrone wrote:

    And "AI" is not the Next Big Thing. Right now it is just The Next Big
    Hype.
    Just like "VR" was 5 years ago. Windows "AI" is being/will be rejected
    just like Windows phones/VR were. Because businesses don't need/want it.

    https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/19/meta-cto-explains-why-the-smart-glasses- demos-failed-at-meta-connect-and-it-wasnt-the-wi-fi/


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  • From Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=@ldo@nz.invalid to comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy on Sat Sep 20 01:59:51 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

    On Sat, 20 Sep 2025 01:36:17 +0000, Tyrone wrote:

    On Sep 19, 2025 at 8:56:18rC>PM EDT, "Lawrence D-|Oliveiro" <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

    And whatrCOs the common factor among all the products that have
    succeeded in knocking Windows off its perch?

    They all run on Linux.

    No, not all. Macs/iPhones/iPads run on Unix.

    If by rCLUnixrCY you mean the original OS written at Bell Labs ... ApplerCOs products have none of that code in them.

    In any case, it wasnrCOt Apple that took the lionrCOs share of the mobile market away from Microsoft. In fact, Microsoft was too focused on
    copying Apple, and completely missed the threat from Android.
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  • From Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=@ldo@nz.invalid to comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy on Tue Sep 30 19:33:29 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

    More commentary on that rCLTown HallrCY address from Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella to his troops <https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-has-lost-its-way/>. Seems
    like the company has become totally obsessed with AI, and with pushing
    it into every one of its products and services:

    All of the traditional Office apps that are part of Microsoft 365
    now sport a Copilot button. Every so often, I try using one of
    those features in Word or Excel or Outlook, and the results have
    been spectacularly underwhelming and often comically wrong. They
    feel like prerelease versions and certainly aren't enough to
    justify a 30% price increase. As of earlier this year, Microsoft
    counted 84 million subscribers to its Microsoft 365 Family and
    Personal products. The most common request I hear from that group
    is to make that Copilot button go away.

    Seems the company is also focusing more and more on rCLenterpriserCY
    customers, and less and less on ordinary consumers:

    Good luck with that. In fact, the economics make no sense for a
    firm that sells enterprise licenses on a per-seat basis. If the
    next generation of Microsoft technology is going to help
    organizations slash headcount by giving the remaining human
    workers AI-powered tools, that will mean the prices for each
    license will have to increase just to keep the revenue line flat.
    And the per-seat price will have to double to pay for all those
    datacenters.

    Looks like Nadella himself is relying more and more on AI to create
    his messaging for him. Quoting from an email:

    rYYThis is the enigma of success in an industry that has no franchise
    value. Progress isn't linear. It's dynamic, sometimes dissonant,
    and always demanding. But it's also a new opportunity for us to
    shape, lead through, and have greater impact than ever before.rYR

    Can you figure out what that means? If so, feel free to tell the rest
    of us. Because it looks like the major contribution of AI to human
    society will be as bullshit machines on a scale never before
    encountered.
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