Microsoft Thanks Developers With A Lame Video

By | May 10, 2013


Microsoft Thanks Developers With A Lame VideoHow many is too many?

When it comes to deep pockets, Microsoft is certainly one of the sugar daddies. However, while plenty of the companies spend an equal amount of money actually developing and improving their products, it looks like Microsoft’s latest approach is just to keep pushing ads, videos and some HTML5 web sites.

After all, who needs competitive features such as: synced tabs, updated Internet Options dialog that does not look like something from the 90s or even frequent releases? Everything is irrelevant when you choose to ignore competition and have big bucks to keep feeding your marketing machine.

Well, latest in the list is yet another video about Internet Explorer, where Microsoft thanks web developers for their effort.

And if you really want some motivation about developing, here is a better one:

Was this video that bad that? Not really, but enough is enough. You may trick people into trying your product, but you won’t force them to keep using it if your product is out of date.


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Vygantas is a former web designer whose projects are used by companies such as AMD, NVIDIA and departed Westood Studios. Being passionate about software, Vygantas began his journalism career back in 2007 when he founded FavBrowser.com. Having said that, he is also an adrenaline junkie who enjoys good books, fitness activities and Forex trading.

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  1. Cristian Silaghi says:

    Why is so agitated Steve Ballmer? :)

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