Analysis: Microsoft's Declining Quality Control Standards
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Summary
The article criticizes Microsoft's declining quality control standards, contrasting the company's historically robust Windows NT era with recent issues including Azure outages, configuration errors, and various software problems. The author argues that Microsoft's quality has deteriorated significantly in recent years, with the company prioritizing rapid feature releases over stability and reliability.
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· 3 pulledWhile the robustness of Windows NT in decades past might qualify as 'legendary', anybody who has had to use the company's wares in recent years might quibble with the word 'quality.'
As repeated Azure outages due to configuration errors have shown, 'control' is perhaps also inappropriate these days.
It's difficult to pinpoint precisely where it went wrong for Microsoft when it comes to quality.
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