alt Hacker News> Everybody wants a platform but nobody wants to spend what it takes to make a platform.
Ahistoric jibber jabber. Microsoft gave it their very best shot with Windows Phone. Facebook renamed the entire company to make VR happen. These companies have shoved everything they got into making these platforms, and their fate would not have been different if they had been given another billion.
Platforms are hard to make, and wanting it bad enough is not enough to make one.
Stealing from the one company that has managed to court success makes a lot of sense. They are the only company with any successful experience.
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> Stealing from the one company that has managed to court success makes a lot of sense.
It makes a lot of sense to get into a massive legal battle with one of the most deep-pocketed companies on the planet?
I don't know. Some of it did seem like short attention spans and not enough perseverence. But what do I know being far from an insider.
Fair enough, but I'd point out that, unlike Second Life, Meta didn't buy pants. If you want a chronicle of wasted spending regarding Microsoft and mobile devices, Google "Tomi Ahonen."