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Looking at the submitter's background I don't see any professional experience with Microsoft tech. Maybe someone can explain it to me - I don't understand why a

Looking at the submitter's background I don't see any professional experience with Microsoft tech. Maybe someone can explain it to me - I don't understand why a guy has avoided Microsoft for his entire career feels the need to dredge up a 10 year old article that talks about events from over 30 years ago. Too much pro-Microsoft news for you? Honestly - what's your interest here?

mindcrime 11y ago
I don't understand why a guy has avoided Microsoft for his entire career feels the need to dredge up a 10 year old article that talks about events from over 30 years ago. Too much pro-Microsoft news for you? Honestly - what's your interest here? A comment[1] somebody made yesterday on the "Twitter apologizes" story reminded me of this. I think it's an important story regardless of your opinion on Microsoft specifically, exactly because it highlights the risk inherent in building something on top of a platform you don't control. I wanted to highlight that that particular bit of wisdom isn't exactly something new. Looking at the submitter's background I don't see any professional experience with Microsoft tech. FWIW, I have spent plenty of time working with Windows and DOS in my life, I just don't highlight it, because it isn't really relevant to what I do now. I also don't mention OS/2, AS/400, RPG, Visual Basic and a laundry list of other things I've worked with that now seem more or less irrelevant. [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10427499 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10427499
- mgkimsal 11y ago
  you should highlight some grails. :)
crgt 11y ago
This quote was mentioned in the recent discussion of Twitter's outreach to developers. I believe the intent of this submission was to share a slice of relevant history with those in the community too young to have lived through it.
- mindcrime 11y ago
  I believe the intent of this submission was to share a slice of relevant history with those in the community too young to have lived through it. Exactly.
  - WorldWideWayne 11y ago
    I'm guessing that the millions of tech people who make their living off of Microsoft's back would probably disagree that building on a Microsoft platform is a bad idea.
    - mindcrime 11y ago
      would probably disagree that building on a Microsoft platform is a bad idea But nobody said "building on a Microsoft platform is a bad idea". What is being said is that "building on anybody's platform involves risk, whether it's twitter, microsoft, facebook, google, IBM or $WHOEVER". The point of this post was to highlight an example of the discussion around this topic and to emphasize that it isn't a novel thing.
      - WorldWideWayne 11y ago
        Actually, "nobody said those words in the article or anywhere in the comments". So, if your purpose was indeed to highlight that, you obviously failed since nobody here seems to be discussing that. Here are some articles that say what you allegedly wanted to - https://www.google.com/search?q=risks%20building%20on%20someone%20else%27s%20platforms https://www.google.com/search?q=risks%20building%20on%20some...
        mindcrime 11y ago
        Dude, just drop it OK? I'm not sure what kind of fight you're trying to start here, or why, but I really don't give a fuck.
        11y ago
JadeNB 11y ago
Can one only submit articles on topics in which one has professional experience?
- WorldWideWayne 11y ago
  No, but I'm interested in the motivation in relation to their point of view. But in general, it's beyond me at this stage why people single out Microsoft for being anti-competitive. It's completely unbalanced.
  - JadeNB 11y ago
    The posted article seems to be doing quite the opposite; it is arguing against that perception of Microsoft.
    - WorldWideWayne 11y ago
      It's a really bad example of what the submitter was allegedly trying to point out as you can see from his comment above.

mindcrime 11y ago

I don't understand why a guy has avoided Microsoft for his entire career feels the need to dredge up a 10 year old article that talks about events from over 30 years ago. Too much pro-Microsoft news for you? Honestly - what's your interest here? A comment[1] somebody made yesterday on the "Twitter apologizes" story reminded me of this. I think it's an important story regardless of your opinion on Microsoft specifically, exactly because it highlights the risk inherent in building something on top of a platform you don't control. I wanted to highlight that that particular bit of wisdom isn't exactly something new. Looking at the submitter's background I don't see any professional experience with Microsoft tech. FWIW, I have spent plenty of time working with Windows and DOS in my life, I just don't highlight it, because it isn't really relevant to what I do now. I also don't mention OS/2, AS/400, RPG, Visual Basic and a laundry list of other things I've worked with that now seem more or less irrelevant. [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10427499 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10427499

mgkimsal 11y ago
you should highlight some grails. :)

crgt 11y ago

This quote was mentioned in the recent discussion of Twitter's outreach to developers. I believe the intent of this submission was to share a slice of relevant history with those in the community too young to have lived through it.

mindcrime 11y ago
I believe the intent of this submission was to share a slice of relevant history with those in the community too young to have lived through it. Exactly.
- WorldWideWayne 11y ago
  I'm guessing that the millions of tech people who make their living off of Microsoft's back would probably disagree that building on a Microsoft platform is a bad idea.
  - mindcrime 11y ago
    would probably disagree that building on a Microsoft platform is a bad idea But nobody said "building on a Microsoft platform is a bad idea". What is being said is that "building on anybody's platform involves risk, whether it's twitter, microsoft, facebook, google, IBM or $WHOEVER". The point of this post was to highlight an example of the discussion around this topic and to emphasize that it isn't a novel thing.
    - WorldWideWayne 11y ago
      Actually, "nobody said those words in the article or anywhere in the comments". So, if your purpose was indeed to highlight that, you obviously failed since nobody here seems to be discussing that. Here are some articles that say what you allegedly wanted to - https://www.google.com/search?q=risks%20building%20on%20someone%20else%27s%20platforms https://www.google.com/search?q=risks%20building%20on%20some...
      - mindcrime 11y ago
        Dude, just drop it OK? I'm not sure what kind of fight you're trying to start here, or why, but I really don't give a fuck.
        11y ago

JadeNB 11y ago

Can one only submit articles on topics in which one has professional experience?

WorldWideWayne 11y ago
No, but I'm interested in the motivation in relation to their point of view. But in general, it's beyond me at this stage why people single out Microsoft for being anti-competitive. It's completely unbalanced.
- JadeNB 11y ago
  The posted article seems to be doing quite the opposite; it is arguing against that perception of Microsoft.
  - WorldWideWayne 11y ago
    It's a really bad example of what the submitter was allegedly trying to point out as you can see from his comment above.