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> That the same people who thought "it's a good idea to use CS theory to add a type system to Javascript" are the same people who thought "it's a good idea to put ads in the start menu".

The secret is that they aren't the same people.



They aren't even aimed at the same customers.

I use Windows 11 Enterprise and I've never seen ads in the start menu, because corporate customers wouldn't put up with that.


They both work for and represent/is represented by the same company though.


The company is the same, but the people are not. There's a lot of people working at Microsoft. Different departments, even different teams, can have completely different approaches.


Sure, but I would still feel angry towards people who work for unethical companies even though they "just" work in the accounting department.

Same here, just because you work in a different team doesn't mean people won't associate you with the rest of the crap the very same company puts out.


Which was the point of the left hand/right hand analogy.




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