On: Microsoft Is Dead (2007)

[vixen99]

Why bring personality into this? Paul Graham made certain observations, conclusions and predictions about a very successful company - to the point or not. That is not evidence of a causative agent in terms of a massive ego.

[protastus → vixen99]

Because the essay radiates techbro tone, with minor adjustments for 2007. The author is an unapologetic believer in SV exceptionalism.

"Buy all the good "Web 2.0" startups. [...] Put them all in a building in Silicon Valley"

"Microsoft's biggest weakness is that they still don't realize how much they suck. They still think they can write software in house."