Pirates of Silicon Valley "You don't get it Steve, that doesn't matter"
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN quotes the scene when a better product loses to a more pragmatic or dominant competitor.
What it is
A short scene from the film Pirates of Silicon Valley where Steve Jobs confronts Bill Gates after the Macintosh announcement over Windows copying Apple's work, and Gates replies that it doesn't matter.
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Cites insightcheck · 2022-08 · on “Slack’s free plan change is causing an exodus”
Microsoft is in a tough place in that respect, because its user base is so broad by design (as a default program in Windows 11 now). It can never be fully optimized for professionals in formal environments, nor professionals who prefer more casual environments. This Pirates of Silicon Valley scene comes to mind [0]. Teams may not be the most optimized software for formal versus informal users, but that doesn't matter because it's trying to have a broad appeal. [this video]
Cites 29athrowaway · 2023-10 · on “Microsoft now demands to know why you won't use Edge when you download Chrome”
Using Microsoft products is for people that did not read the fable of the Scorpion and the Frog. [LINK] The character of Microsoft as a company is well known since their early days. It is not wise to trust them. [this video]
Cites ksec · 2024-03 · on “Can Demis Hassabis save Google?”
Off Topic: >Google’s core business is thriving, but that almost seems beside the point. I have vidid memory of a scene in Private of the Silicon Valley, where Microsoft is winning, and Apple is losing. But Steve Jobs said they have the better products. And Bill Gate replied "It doesn't matter." The movie was 25 years ago at the time it finally strike me what I was so irritated about. No one gives a damn about quality, they only cares about the money. 25 Years later ( Well I thought Google were bad for more than a decade but I guess it is more accepted now. ) Google are making all the money but their products are absolutely crap. While not crap but degradation of quality is happening to Apple
Cites urda · 2024-05 · on “Meta Is Shuttering Workplace, Its Enterprise Version of Facebook”
> It isn't. Slack is better. "You don't get it Steve, that doesn't matter." [1] That actually does not matter if Teams is making larger progress than Slack. I prefer Slack over Teams too, but to disregard the market force and market position of Teams is naive. [1] [this video]