Microsoft should just invest 10% of its revenue in a YC-like fund that produces independently operated but partly MS-owned companies that join their ecosystem. The brain drain over there is ridiculous - how are they ever going to produce anything competitive now?
Totally, MSFT is a completely fear driven company. They haven't led on ideas in years, I can't think of the last great new MSFT endeavor.
As a side note, I have an uncle who worked there very high up for over a decade and when he put in his resignation letter leaving for Apple they had security guards escort him out within 15-30 minutes of turning it in. Plus, if you met the guy you'd realize how unnecessary it was--his dad's a pastor and he's the most honest and religious person I personally know--goes to church every Sunday, prays before every meal, and always defers that "God rewarded and blessed him." I'm not religious at all, but the way MSFT treated him made me realize how arrogant and ruthless they are, but that also that they are heartless to their employees they worked with for years and years.
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