Microsoft’s Resurgence Under Satya Nadella
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#3The only product from Microsoft I use is Windows and they're ruining it. So, sorry Satya, but...
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#4The only product from Microsoft I use is Windows and they're ruining it. So, sorry Satya, but...
You don't use GitHub or LinkedIn or Skype either?
You might also rely on sites that are built with Microsoft technologies (Stack overflow for example) or find that your workplace gets by with Excel.
It's hard to say you don't use their technologies.
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#5"When Satya Nadella took Microsoft Corp.’s helm five years ago, the conventional wisdom was that the company’s glory days were behind it."
Have a look at this MS revenues [1] and consider why for a moment there is any 'conventional wisdom' like this?
MSFT stock price did languish during this time of amazing growth which I guess validates that 'conventional wisdom' was in fact sour, but it's hard to see why it was.
Robert Shiller, in a recent interview on the FT alphaville podcast [2] indicated how so much of valuation was based on 'narrative' and that a lot of this narrative is in fact fiction.
For whatever reason, the industry press never liked Ballmer, and I guess they like Satya. Surely, there have been some changes afoot, but in terms of fundamental business orientation, I don't see any reason why Satya is 'better than' Ballmer. At HN, we might see things like VS Code and open sourcing Chakra as 'important', and although they are relevant, those issues are small peanuts in the MS bigger picture.
[1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/267805/microsofts-global...
[2] https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/robert-shiller-market-na...
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#6The only product from Microsoft I use is Windows and they're ruining it. So, sorry Satya, but...
Seconded. Back when Windows merely had the occasional bug, it was still a worthwhile tool for me.
Now that it has mandatory telemetry and unavoidable updates (at least for non-enterprise users), the value proposition has gone into negative territory.
I'm sure Microsoft has their reasons for doing this, but unfortunately it's clear that our goals are too misaligned.
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#7The only product from Microsoft I use is Windows and they're ruining it. So, sorry Satya, but...
How are they ruining Windows? People have been saying this since XP (before SP1 or SP2, when everyone hated it.) Yet there's not much evidence to support it...they are actually doing some really cool things with Windows now like adding bash and having different flavor Linux subsystems. The main issue I've had is some lack of quality control since they let go tons of testers and used Insiders instead. That has not effected me personally, but it has become a public perception they need to clean up.
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#8The only product from Microsoft I use is Windows and they're ruining it. So, sorry Satya, but...
You don't use GitHub or LinkedIn or Skype either? You might also rely on sites that are built with Microsoft technologies (Stack overflow for example) or find that your workplace gets by with Excel. It's hard to say you don't use their technologies.
that sells the desire
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#9A big resurgence: They make an operating system that supports Linux with just a few clicks. They make hardware devices that can also natively run Linux very well, for when I need it.
It feels like Apple when OSX was introduced, only better.
Many people here may not like Windows 10, but the more I use it, the more I like it.
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#10The only product from Microsoft I use is Windows and they're ruining it. So, sorry Satya, but...
There are for sure features that I disagree with in Win10 like telemetry and automatic reboots while I'm using the computer (which has been resolved), but it's a far stretch to say they're ruining windows. I don't think I've ever had a full crash on my current Win10 box that I use daily. Driver issues are almost nonexistent. It does everything I need it to without issue. I'm not sure what else I would want from an OS.