Sophisse

Why Microsoft Will Never Win (Again)

As always, when you're actually there, things look a bit different. NetDocs had controversy and executive clashing, but that was true for every single new product ever at Microsoft - and still is, though to a much lesser extent. The real problem was, they couldn't build it successfully. It started off as something totally different than netdocs, got repurposed, then repurposed again - it turned into an unmanageable goop of code and collapsed under its weight. This project just stumbled - the people working on it were excellent - but software is hard. Even the world's best screw up on a regular basis.

There's very little to conclude about Microsoft's current prospects from its actions 10 years ago. It is a different company.

But still, after working there 1993-2000, I don't own a single share :)