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My favorite[^] for a few decades, since National Semiconductor ceased to be doing much. I don't even know if they still exist, but National published the best reference data of all for a long time. TI and Analog have taken over that niche, I think...
Will Rogers never met me.
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Google Technology is more than i like it..... It will be the future leader of the modern technology era. Because it main feature is open source and it is more user friendly... 
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..what with all the mistakes, weird decisions, bugs and security problems, the disaster(s) of Windows 8/8.1 and Windows Phone (thankfully inhaling it's last few breaths having killed off the only manufacturer 100% backing it), unfinished/unpolished products (the eighty-five-percent-ers as I call them - 85% complete to a reasonable level, botch the rest and ship it regardless)?
I could have understood any of the other companies being popular, but I've been let down by Microsoft more than any other technology company. 
How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.
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On the other hand, most of the people here (myself included) have made their living from MS - dumb to bite the hand, etc. 
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Me too, but I'll bite any hand that keeps poking me in the eye! 
How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.
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Microsoft screws the stuff up so that we __ the genius technology consultants __ can fix the crap and get paid. They can't say it out loud. 
For example, with Windows 10 there will be multitudinous "challenges" which can only be resolved by skilled (paid) workers. That is where we will fly in and create crappy solutions on top of the crappy OS.
It's a wonderful food chain.
User: I can't...
Skilled Laborer: Of course you can't, but I wrote a PowerShell script which...
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Okay, I'll give you all that!
How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.
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If that is the only reason that you are voting for Microsoft then you have lost your passion in the industry. I suggest you look elsewhere for the multitudes of other more exciting technologies out there.
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Brian Schummer wrote: If that is the only reason that you are voting for Microsoft then you have lost your passion in the industry
Oh no! I love what I do and and I appreciate MS for providing me with the platform that allows me to do it. I've used many different technologies/tools/languages over the last 30 odd years and, ultimately, they are all just tools.
Brian Schummer wrote: I suggest you look elsewhere for the multitudes of other more exciting technologies out there.
Really? Like what? You're over thinking it - technology isn't exciting, it's actually pretty dull - it's what you do with it!
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Microsoft has provided a platform and made it inexpensive and easy to download and get started on. They suck you in and this is why they are as big as they are. Not because it is the near best out there.
Perhaps, it is a difference in opinion or semantics but I find a lot of technology exciting.
VR, IofT, even mobile development still to name a few. However, Microsoft appears late in getting a lot of stuff out there.
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Brian Schummer wrote: Not because it is the near best out there.
Never said that. MS has a lot of shortcomings; however, out of all the tools I have used, they are about the easiest to use and make money with.
The excitement should come from what you create, not how.
Brian Schummer wrote: VR, IofT, even mobile development still to name a few. However, Microsoft appears late in getting a lot of stuff out there.
I get excited about what I create, not the tools I use to do it. It would be like asking Rembrandt if he gets excited by paint brushes or painting. 
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I get a sense of accomplishment with the things that I create. I enjoy what I build. However, I also get excited by new tools that I use. The things that can make my job easier.
I'm sure Rembrandt loved his paintings but if there was a new brush that allowed him to paint difficult strokes easier then he would love that brush too.
In software, the stuff you build can become tools for others to use. Shouldn't they be as excited about using it as you were for creating it?
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This conversation is going to end up as deep and complicated the rabbit's hole tool I once built...
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Still Microsoft provides documentation.
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As does Apple, and I'm sure many others (to varying degrees - I know Oracles documentation is very poor).
I don't think documentation really has that much impact on me choosing my favourite technology company though. It's not very exciting, is it? 
How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.
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Brent Jenkins wrote: Windows Phone (thankfully inhaling it's last few breaths
Best phone I've had!
Too bad it missed the apps 
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Sander Rossel wrote: Best phone I've had!
I had a Window 7 phone (was later upgraded to 7.5 then abandoned by the manufacturer and Microsoft).
It was the worst phone I've ever had and was the pivotal moment I decided to start moving away from Microsoft. 
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Really? Why?
I loved the easy tiles interface, menu, etc.
Just simplicity and elegance on a well performing phone.
It had mostly the apps I needed and wanted and they all performed very well too.
The Dilbert app on Windows Phone, for example, is MUCH better than on Android.
I've had Android for a year now and I still (or again, after the new update) find myself looking for settings that should be obvious.
On the Windows Phone I always knew where to look for everything.
And I liked that I didn't get a bunch of useless crap apps pre-installed on my Windows Phone, but I'm not sure how that is now.
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As far as Windows Phone 7/7.5 went, it had the following problems:
- The battery/signal strength indicator continually disappeared from view. I had to swipe down at the top of the screen to make it reappear for 10 seconds before it automatically disappeared from view again. Call me old fashioned, but I think it's important to know if you've got signal/battery at a glance. Travelling by train, it was a nightmare going through areas with varying coverage having to keep swiping down to see if I had signal. The fact that they didn't use the space for anything else just made it even more daft.
- The back button(!) - I really hope that they changed this one by now! One Windows Phone 7/7.5, it worked like this: Open up the browser, go to a page, click through a couple of pages. Go to the home screen open an app. Go back to the browser and click the back button. Where does it take you? Back to the previous app! But I just wanted the previous page! Sorry, can't do that.
- Copy and paste was seriously broken.
- Sharepoint integration (Microsoft's own software) didn't work on 7 (they fixed it for 7.5).
- Apps - like you mentioned - we're either non-existent or just plain bad. Facebook was very poor, but the YouTube "app" was just a link to the YouTube mobile site which didn't work well on Windows Phone 7/7.5!
- A square/rectangle is not a design. Metro UI is a wireframe. The design part was (and still is) missing. Added to which, you only got Metro UI on the home screen. Everything else behind the home screen was just a text list. Hello again, 1982!
I remember sitting on the sofa, watching her indoors flick around her iPhone 4S at the time, using loads of good quality apps on a device where you could actually see what was on the screen clearly and where everything was laid out logically - it all just worked, and then I looked down at my sorry excuse for a phone that could do sod-all..
The rest is history 
How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.
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I had an HTC Windows 7/7.5 phone and I don't recall having to swipe to see the indicators. If that was the case, they fixed it in WP8. I had a Lumia 920, which I replaced with a Lumia 1520 (after I dropped the 920 and had to change the glass a couple of times).
The screen is awesome on the Lumia models and I do not see a reason to change my phone. I am seriously disappointed with Microsoft's decision to downsize (or abandon) their phone business.
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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Not any technology is bug free but the advantage Microsoft having is they were very much old player in the market and has a large number of uses and that's why they get so many votes. Other companies providing healthy competition but still number of users using Microsoft based services is very vast. few days ago we read in the news that USA navy made a billion USD contract with Microsoft to continue support for xp even they have closed it.
Ravi Khoda
Humanity is the best religion and smile is the best medicine.
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It's not even about the number of bugs, but the user experience. Microsoft's track record in this area has always been poor.
The only reason for Microsoft being dominant in the PC market is the fact that it's bundled with every PC by default. It's like the company that makes those cheap plastic reflectors for bikes - you always get them on a new bike and most people keep them - does that make them the best?
How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.
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