{"id":14657,"date":"2016-05-27T10:07:19","date_gmt":"2016-05-27T14:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=14657"},"modified":"2017-06-25T10:09:23","modified_gmt":"2017-06-25T14:09:23","slug":"google-2010s-microsoft-1990s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/27\/google-2010s-microsoft-1990s\/","title":{"rendered":"Google : 2010s :: Microsoft : 1990s"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jason Snell<\/a>:<\/p>\r\n

So when I look at Google and see a latter-day version of 1990s Microsoft, I don’t mean to portray it as a monster. Truth be told, just as I used Word 5.1 back in the day, I use many Google services today. My email is served by Gmail, and my comings and goings are arranged with Google Calendar. Most of my podcast and website collaboration happens in Google Sheets and Google Docs. (I also thought the Google I\/O keynote last week was the best one I’ve seen–disciplined and focused in a way previous I\/O keynotes weren’t.)<\/p>\r\n

But some of the stuff Microsoft pulled in the 1990s was awful, and made users angry. And Google seems to still be making decisions that are more about promoting the greatness of Google than showing respect for users.<\/p>\r\n

[…]<\/p>\r\n

As someone in Google’s ecosystem as well as Apple’s, I’m happy that they continue to develop apps for iOS. Unfortunately, every time I open one of them, I’m brought back to the mid-’90s and Word 6.<\/p><\/blockquote>\r\n\r\n

John Gruber<\/a> (tweet<\/a>):<\/p>\r\n

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Jason specifically calls out iTunes on Windows as being in the same boat. I’d add the late Safari for Windows<\/a>, too.<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n\r\n

Don<\/a> Melton<\/a>:<\/p>\r\n

We simply couldn’t compete with Google when they were paying everybody to bundle [Chrome] and blitzing TV.<\/p><\/blockquote>\r\n

People don’t realize the Safari for Windows team, the platform engineers, was only three people. That’s it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\r\n

And if I could have gotten marketing support dollars, …<\/p><\/blockquote>\r\n

… I could have gotten the engineering budget to support the effort to address those issues.<\/p><\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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