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Re: “A dispute over the TAB key highlights a mismatch between Microsoft and IBM organizational structures” by Raymond Chen

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On 5/6/2026 1:43 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> “A dispute over the TAB key highlights a mismatch between Microsoft and 
> IBM organizational structures” by Raymond Chen
>     https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260505-00/?p=112298
> 
> “I’ve written in the past about the cultural mismatch between Microsoft 
> and IBM during the collaboration on OS/2, with the Microsofties viewing 
> their IBM colleagues as mired in pointless bureaucracy and the IBM folks 
> viewing Microsofties as undisciplined hackers.¹”
> 
> “One of many points of mismatch was the organizational structure.”
> 
> “A colleague recalls that while he was assigned to the IBM offices in 
> Boca Raton, Florida, there was a dispute over what key should be used to 
> move from one field to another in dialog boxes. The folks at IBM were 
> not happy with my colleague’s decision to use the TAB key, so they asked 
> him to escalate the issue to his manager back in Redmond.”
> 
> Ok, that resolution is funny.
> 
> I often wonder how life would have been if I had taken that job offer 
> with Microsoft in 1987.
Fwiw, I always try to setup my editors to treat the TAB key as four 
spaces....

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“A dispute over the TAB key highlights a mismatch between Microsoft and IBM organizational structures” by Raymond Chen Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2026-05-06 15:43 -0500
  Re: “A dispute over the TAB key highlights a mismatch between Microsoft and IBM organizational structures” by Raymond Chen "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2026-05-07 13:29 -0700
    Re: “A dispute over the TAB key highlights a mismatch between Microsoft and IBM organizational structures” by Raymond Chen Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2026-05-08 07:57 +0100
    Re: “A dispute over the TAB key highlights a mismatch between Microsoft and IBM organizational structures” by Raymond Chen Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2026-05-08 14:14 +0300
      Re: “A dispute over the TAB key highlights a mismatch between Microsoft and IBM organizational structures” by Raymond Chen "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2026-05-08 13:29 -0700
  Re: �A dispute over the TAB key highlights a mismatch between Microsoft and IBM organizational structures� by Raymond Chen pyotr filipivich <phamp@mindspring.com> - 2026-05-08 16:18 -0700
    Re: A dispute over the TAB key highlights a mismatch between Microsoft and IBM organizational structures by Raymond Chen Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2026-05-08 18:32 -0500
      Re: A dispute over the TAB key highlights a mismatch between Microsoft and IBM organizational structures by Raymond Chen Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-05-09 01:50 +0200
        Re: A dispute over the TAB key highlights a mismatch between Microsoft and IBM organizational structures by Raymond Chen Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2026-05-08 21:00 -0500
    Re: "A dispute over the TAB key highlights a mismatch between Microsoft and IBM organizational structures" by Raymond Chen Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2026-05-09 07:19 -0400
    Re: A dispute over the TAB key highlights a mismatch between Microsoft and IBM organizational structures by Raymond Chen "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-05-09 13:58 +0200
  Re: “A dispute over the TAB key highlights a mismatch between Microsoft and IBM organizational structures” by Raymond Chen Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-05-09 16:14 -0700

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