How far back do you have to go for Microsoft to be seen as "good" the way Google was?

Windows XP for me

.NET and VS Code gave some people the impression that MICROS~1 had become good and nice.

Blizzard ~10 years ago, maybe. Microslop has always been one of the worst. I don't understand why anyone would have a positive disposition towards Microslop.

yep re blizzard. they've gotten lots better since the msft acquisition, based on my (limited) experiences with the newer employees there.

Blizzard is a bunch of sex pests and Microsoft is the guys with the AI upsells on every inch of their OS...

Wasn't Blizzard pretty alright back when Diablo 2 was released? and then LoD?

All that was Blizzard North honestly. So it depended on locality.