Right, I mean there is something dubious too all this. Both Microsoft and Facebook did and are actually practicing enough shady business tactics. Internet explorer, tax evasion, privacy issues, you name it, they are all guilty of this kind of stuff. But then now, we should glorify them once they give away the money they earned this way.
I've been going through the same motions. You end up with Thinkpads as the only viable alternative (esp with the numeric keyboards, which I like); but once if you get decent specs, they become as pricey as mbp's, plus there is the lottery of quality you randomly get. I'll wait a month, see if Apple does an event.
I wonder why, all these billionaires first want to make billions, and then do philanthropy. How about making their services/business/products more affordable with which they are making all this money with in the first place?
For example: MS Office used to cost 4-500 euro for the average home user a few years ago. That was ridiculous.
If you have a small shop and 2000 Facebook page likes, Facebook rips you off each time you want to reach them.
Maybe market dictates these prices but then again, they would be in the position to dictate the prices in the first place.
Right, the war efficiency and quality car production sure created this stereotypes. It is quite amusing when you see how poorly things are ran in Germany irl. Like road works taking 10 years. Or the Berlin Airport debacle, which can teach Italian Mafia a lesson or two:
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Ok, just a FaceTime clone. When Apple added it to iOS it seemed redudant initially (because of Skype etc), but now everyone is using it all the time, because it's phone number based: It's a success.
So the real question is, if they wanted to make this, what the hell took them so long?
It really smells like a mistake, and catch-up, almost pitiful at this point.
The only truth about Wordpress being so successful is its theme availability. Envato can for sure be responsible partially for its success.
It's not that Wordpress is good, or great or that much extensible. One could easily look for ExpressionEngine or Craft, if that would be the case.
But if you want a 1-click install, plus slap a 50$ theme on it, and your stuff to look pretty good, Wordpress is a viable solution.
However, if you want to customise stuff yourself, things become really dreadful very quickly. Anyone saying otherwise, hasn't done so.
All the other stuff, about any of its "goodness" as addressed here in the article, is basically the author doesn't knowing any better, what a real CMS is supposed to do.
It has become the defacto standard. Unfortunately, because it's a big mess indeed.