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There's very often a large difference between the v1 capability and the long term aspiration, both in technical capabilities and market capture.

Compare Windows 1.0 (https://winworldpc.com/product/windows-10/101) with Windows 10/11.



And also teams within the product pushing for different things, like the recent Google Marketing Team vs Google Chrome Team wanting different approaches.


Windows 1.0 was release 38 years ago, microsoft has changed persona at least three times since then.

Not that we shouldnt be suspicious of facebook, but we really must actually seek evidence rather than just decry them as witches. It lets other companies get away with loads simply because they are well liked.


Which is it, they are incompetent or they are just misunderstood?




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