My point is that for stuff coming from G or A people here are ready to walk an extra mile. If stuff is coming from M -- that's it, end of journey right on the headline.
you're aware that most of us didn't get that bias by accident, right? microsoft has a long, LONG history of being not a good company to rely on or work with. therefore, anything coming from them has to be especially compelling before people here are going to get excited about it.
I'd say Microsoft's history is quite the opposite. The oft cited example is that Visicalc, from the 80's still works! I'd say that's a pretty reliable platform. How many apple products from the 80's run on Leopard?
And on the other side, lots of google products are already defunct and they aren't even half M's age.
Oh, please. It's not A that have completely unpredictable app store approval process, or not G that may release a free version of your beloved startup anytime they feel the urge to get more eyeballs for their properties. It's definitely more reliable than M, yeah.
It's the end of journey when you see that you have to disrupt the stability of one of your primary tools (browser) (and then learn that it doesn't work on your OS).
Have you tried it to make a conclusion that it will disrupt something? No, you just "hate" it. That's plain old bias.
PS.
It's actually funny to see that kind of bias coming from the person who's getting (or at least WAS getting) most of their income from M's platform. ;)
Have you tried it to make a conclusion that it will disrupt something? No, you just "hate" it. That's plain old bias.
Yes, I had it installed for some time. I don't remember the exact problems I had with it, but there were problems.
As for bias, I think I have the normal level of it wrt Microsoft. Everyone have it. (Oh, and you should note that I competed with MS. Add this to your bias-detector.)
Anyway, why we're discussing me and my bias? Re-read my original post. Any objections? State them, and please exclude me from the picture, and stop trolling.
We're discussing bias because it's always the case whenever someone's new stuff is being discussed on HN: it's very interesting to see how people's opinion changes by mere knowledge of where that new stuff is coming from.
