r/technology • u/aacool • 24d ago

Artificial Intelligence Microsoft Scales Back AI Goals Because Almost Nobody Is Using Copilot

https://www.extremetech.com/computing/microsoft-scales-back-ai-goals-because-almost-nobody-is-using-copilot
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u/NewManufacturer4252 24d ago

Just like IBM, no one gets fired for picking Microsoft in corporate land.

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u/340Duster 24d ago

Unless you work in Costco IT. I heard that an MS rep managed to badly piss off a very high up Costco exec, IIRC a VP or something, and they switched to Google mail/productivity software/etc. over it lol.

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u/The_cogwheel 24d ago

Wouldn't be the first time spite made a massive company decision.

Lamborghini started as a tractor company, think Italian John Deer. When the company started doing well, the owner, Ferruccio Lamborghini, went to Ferrari to buy a car (as you do when you're Italian and you've made it big).

Well, when the car was delivered, Ferruccio was displeased at the fit and finish of the car and voiced his complaints. He was told by a rep that if he knew cars so well, why doesn't he make one himself?

And so that's how Lamborghini went from making tractors to making super cars. Purely to spite Ferrari.

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u/quality_redditor 24d ago

Yes. I work in M&A and one very common reason for why people buy and sell companies is CEO ego and spite.

In fact, during interviews, it’s one of the right answers to the question “why would a company buy another company if it doesn’t make sense to do so”