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> He famously was quoted as saying Microsoft has "no taste"

Eh, I really don't expect my hammer and screwdriver to be "tasty", I expect them to be reliable, stable, sturdy and customizable.



If your hammer had a habit of interrupting your work, in order to suggest purchasing a subscription for nails, you would not be happy.


You likely gave some idiot a startup idea or some exec the next project.


Yeah when I buy a hammer I always buy the one that has no labels on it of any kind. Just plain hammer and no signage on it whatsoever. Thats super important because what if I stop hammering and start reading the sign, could be a serious distraction. None of that, I am all about work and hammering.


Yeah. I call that failing to be reliable.

That's definitely not about taste.


That’s why you probably don’t use many Apple devices, which is totally cool. I on the other hand, expect something that I look at, touch and use literally for half of my waking hours to be as “tasty” as possible. It’s actually one of the most important factors, if not the most important.


Microsoft has no taste, no taste for charging you a ton of money for nothing tangible, but a green bubble and not being able to talk to your poor friends.


In terms of complexity, a computer is more like a car than a hammer.


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