Hololens really does sound like an absolutely extraordinary and revolutionary product. I&#x27;m genuinely excited to try it.<p>...And then I see mention of Skype, which is a product that -- since its acquisition by Microsoft -- has gone steadily downhill in terms of its form, functionality, stability, security, and essentially every other metric. It&#x27;s hard to find anybody who doesn&#x27;t loathe it. There&#x27;s some serious cognitive dissonance in trying to contemplate Hololens and Skype simultaneously.<p>Actually, I had the same reaction when Hololens was first announced. &quot;OMG, the future is here! Thank you Microsoft!&quot; I thought, and then immediately spent the next 6 hours tracking down an idiotic standards-compliance bug which existed in every version of Internet Explorer up until IE 11.[1]<p>I could go on at some length, but suffice to say that I am routinely <i>astonished</i> by Microsoft&#x27;s R&amp;D capabilities, yet virtually every interaction I have with their actual software leaves me with a dire impression. (Except for Excel, which for some reason Just Works for me). So as much as I want to have high hopes for Hololens, I fear that crappy software will let it down.<p>Please, Microsoft -- prove me wrong!<p>1: window.location.origin, if you really want to know.