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He was a lead on Bing and was working on Windows earlier. That's hardly enterprise.
Nobody uses bing and Windows is largely enterprise. The entire value of Windows is enterprise management.
Observations: ⚫ This spot's proving very difficult to fill. Both in terms of finding the right person, and in getting them to accept. It's been 160 days from the initial announcement of Ballmer's retirement. ⚫ Given Ballmer's long-standing deficiencies and publicly-voiced dissatisfaction with his performance, this also speaks to very poor succession planning on the part of the Board. This would be they: http://www.mi…
Enterprise is the high-inertia segment in Microsoft's product portfolio and the one most at risk of disruption by SaaS players. Emphasizing it makes a lot of sense. The problem of insiders is that they may embrace the culture that brought the company to where it is now. It's not always a good thing.
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As a former NOKIAn I am sad. I want to see MS go down in flames and without Elop it's gonna be difficult. However Indians are also very talented at destroying the spirit of their own companies and alienating their users (see Harman or Adobe) so there is a hope...
> Indians are also very talented at destroying the spirit of their own companies and alienating their users That's kinda racist
That's disappointing. I was really hoping that it would be someone external to the company who would be visionary enough to take them to new heights. Instead, they're picking the safe, enterprise bet, who won't change things too much. I would say Microsoft's consumer facing days are numbered.
They basically own the entire PC market, and most of the enterprise market. What more do you want? It's like bitching that Walmart hasn't cornered Starbucks. Jesus.
Tablets, phones, and portable media devices that aren't just punchlines and/or punching bags, maybe?
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Enterprise is the high-inertia segment in Microsoft's product portfolio and the one most at risk of disruption by SaaS players. Emphasizing it makes a lot of sense. The problem of insiders is that they may embrace the culture that brought the company to where it is now. It's not always a good thing.
I'm pretty sure Microsoft is a pretty big player in Enterprise SaaS already.
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He was a lead on Bing and was working on Windows earlier. That's hardly enterprise.
Nobody uses bing and Windows is largely enterprise. The entire value of Windows is enterprise management.
Not sure if you are trying to pull out the old faded joke or being truly serious. Bing has about 18%-27% market share depending on Organic vs Powered By. No I am not nitpicking a specific blog article, infact its the first summarized link on a Google search for "Bing market share". Bing also powers Siri, which is another major contributor.
>Windows is largely enterprise.
Its revenue may be largely enterprise but its still a monopoly in the consumer side. Infact I can blindly bet that majority of users here on HN is using Windows.
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My personal opinion is that for Microsoft this is a much better solution than to hire an external CEO with an MBA and no background in software/technology. If the news are true then I wish all the luck to Mr. Nadella.
Why? My experience has been that handing the reins tech companies over to accountants or "business people" has been fair to disastrous more frequently than handing them over to tech people with some business training.
My personal opinion is that for Microsoft this is a much better solution than to hire an external CEO with an MBA and no background in software/technology. If the news are true then I wish all the luck to Mr. Nadella.
I don't think BillG would have allowed hiring someone with an MBA and no background in software/technology. He is still the majority shareholder (from what I've read) and sits on the board.
Just trying to see if you (parent and g-parent) consider an MBA an overall negative signal, regardless of someone's background.
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Nobody uses bing and Windows is largely enterprise. The entire value of Windows is enterprise management.
>Nobody uses bing Not sure if you are trying to pull out the old faded joke or being truly serious. Bing has about 18%-27% market share depending on Organic vs Powered By. No I am not nitpicking a specific blog article, infact its the first summarized link on a Google search for "Bing market share". Bing also powers Siri, which is another major contributor. >Windows is largely enterprise. Its revenue may be largely e…
I'd be willing to bet that HN has a lot more OSX, Linux and BSD users than the typical split...