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Bold Ambition and Our Core

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Re: Bold Ambition and Our Core

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Post by goodgoblin »

props to any CEO who references Rilke in his rally-the-company-speech-that-gets-forwarded-to-the-world:

'Rainer Maria Rilke's words say it best: "The future enters into us, in order to transform itself in us, long before it happens.'

Re: Bold Ambition and Our Core

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Post by AnimalMuppet »

kylec wrote: post #10
ape4 wrote: post #7

If everything is cloud and mobile, I hope they don't forget people who want to user a PC without that. It would be horrible to be required to have a cloud account to login to my computer.

It's not required, but Windows 8.1 pushes you very strongly to log into your Microsoft account, and to create one if you haven't already. If you don't, most of the built-in Metro (er, Modern) apps won't work, including some like Calendar which you'd think shouldn't need it. Further, if/when you finally break down and sign into your MS account, you have to use it to sign into your computer from then on, instead of usi…

If Microsoft wants to fix something, fix the thinking behind that.

Microsoft has an awful history of trying to "leverage" assets like Windows to try to get people to use things like IE or Bing or whatever. But when Microsoft uses leverage, customers feel forced. I don't want Microsoft to force me to have an online account! I just want to do what I want with my computer, not what Microsoft wants me to do, and I don't want to have to fight Microsoft to do it.

I'm tired of having to fight them for control of my computer for the last 15 years. If they want to change, the best change they can make is to change their attitude about who actually owns my PC.

Re: Bold Ambition and Our Core

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Post by stiff »

So what's the bottom line? They are going to take it to the next level?

Seriously: this is unreadable BS. Quoting Nietzsche and Rilke at the end seemed almost farcical.

Re: Bold Ambition and Our Core

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Post by adamc »

stiff wrote: post #16

So what's the bottom line? They are going to take it to the next level? Seriously: this is unreadable BS. Quoting Nietzsche and Rilke at the end seemed almost farcical.

The bottom line is that they are going to disclose more about the bottom line later.

Re: Bold Ambition and Our Core

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Post by nmrm »

Oh wow, after the first few screens you get an "if I repeat it enough maybe it will be true?!" feeling :-( Also, this: On July 22, we'll announce our earnings results for the past quarter and I'll say more then on what we are doing in FY15 to focus on our core.

I wish I cared enough to place a bet that those reports aren't positive...

Re: Bold Ambition and Our Core

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Post by jimbokun »

stiff wrote: post #16

So what's the bottom line? They are going to take it to the next level? Seriously: this is unreadable BS. Quoting Nietzsche and Rilke at the end seemed almost farcical.

It was way too long, but I thought this could be Microsoft's rallying cry going forward:

"We help people get stuff done."

I actually believe this could distinguish Microsoft from the likes of Google, Apple and Amazon. Google helps you find the information you're looking for. Apple gives the individual user a great computing experience. Amazon lets you buy anything at a low price.

But Microsoft is more strongly associated with work than any other software company in my mind. They should embrace this, and re-envision what it means in a post-Windows world.

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