The far more interesting question is why Microsoft keeps doing this sort of ridiculous thing; why it can’t just give a thumbs-up to whomever introduces a new and cool technology (like, in this case QR Codes, for example) and then embrace it and make products for it, like everyone else. Instead, its kneejerk response is to go out and create its own version… think: Silverlight to compete with Flash… or how loathe to embrace Worldwide Web standards in its browser, and how it tried to innovate new and unnecessary versions of HTML of its own, until recent years.

It’s hubris; the epitome and arrogance. Microsoft has always been that way; and likely always will be.

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Gregg L. DesElms
Napa, California USA
gregg at greggdeselms dot com