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Ask HN: Is Satya Nadella the best tech CEO of last decade?

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Re: Ask HN: Is Satya Nadella the best tech CEO of last decade?

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Post by hammyhavoc »

pchangr wrote: post #59
suby wrote: post #50

You say that Windows is a Kraken, but it's been on a downward slide in my mind. I don't think Nadella gets enough flak for what is happening to Windows and Microsoft's attitude towards respecting users / privacy in general. Some examples that I've seen posted to HN over the past few months * Microsoft Edge leaks browser history to Bing - https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/25/23697532/microsoft-edge-b... * More ads in Wi…

I think that given the declining share of profit coming from windows, it wouldn’t be surprising for me if it just gets worse.

At this point, I'm wondering how they can make it worse.

Re: Ask HN: Is Satya Nadella the best tech CEO of last decade?

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Post by hammyhavoc »

bathtub365 wrote: post #118
michelb wrote: post #93

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Pretty sure Windows is on the path to no longer being interesting and necessary for Microsoft. Either they come up with a brand new iteration, or everything will go to the web.

What are people going to run on their computers?

In that scenario, as with Android dominating on smartphones, probably Linux. But desktop Linux isn't yet equivocal, and IMO, likely never will be.

Re: Ask HN: Is Satya Nadella the best tech CEO of last decade?

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Post by hammyhavoc »

rvz wrote: post #102
ddalex wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Apparently the Year of Linux on the Desktop has happened without anybody noticing or giving a point.

Exactly. The best Linux Desktop distro is Windows.

Debatable as user requirements vary drastically. What might be perfect for one user might be wholly inappropriate for another.

Re: Ask HN: Is Satya Nadella the best tech CEO of last decade?

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Post by daveed »

mnd999 wrote: post #56
blueflow wrote: post #23

> the majority dev environment in its chokehold Is that so?

I still don’t understand why VSCode is so popular. I don’t like it very much. I’ll stick with IntellliJ for Java / Scala and Neovim for everything else.

It's fast, easy for beginners, and free. That's pretty good to start with.

Re: Ask HN: Is Satya Nadella the best tech CEO of last decade?

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Post by easytiger »

What did you think was going to happen to Microsoft's embedded and deeply moated monopoly? It was just going to go away? It was bedded in. Anyone who has used office in the enterprise environment over the last 15 years can tell you it wasn't a strategy or software quality that got them here.

Re: Ask HN: Is Satya Nadella the best tech CEO of last decade?

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Post by tdsanchez »

Microsoft SHOULD be a leader in mobile and instead they just pivot from one tech hype to the next.

Windows 11 is a laughing stock to many and it isn't exactly flying off the shelves.

Microsoft is a hot mess and Nadella is a trader the same way Pichai is at Google.

Same for Tim Cook.

Look back at news articles for the past year and watch how fast Nadella pivoted from "the metaverse" to GPT.

Stock buybacks make CEOs look impressive if you don't know about stock buybacks.

https://money.usnews.com/investing/articles/s-p-500-stocks-w...

Re: Ask HN: Is Satya Nadella the best tech CEO of last decade?

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Post by barelyauser »

PestoDiRucola wrote: post #119
barelyauser wrote: post #21

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Value for who? No innovation, just hoarding massive profits. Quintupled stock price for shareholders.

> Value for who? No innovation Apple silicon?

I urge you to research how much cash and investments Apple currently holds. Last year it was around 200B.

Yes, Apple Silicon is innovation. But is a drop in the bucket. A sense of scale is very important.

Re: Ask HN: Is Satya Nadella the best tech CEO of last decade?

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Post by VirusNewbie »

barelyauser wrote: post #21
duped wrote: post #6

Tim Cook quintupled the value of Apple and passed on a lot of the fads that other tech companies fell victim to.

Value for who? No innovation, just hoarding massive profits. Quintupled stock price for shareholders.

I can't live without my airpods. There aren't many things that I would buy immediately if they were destroyed. Airpods alone are a multibillion dollar company. So i'd say that's innovation.
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