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Restart: Microsoft in the age of Satya Nadella

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Re: Restart: Microsoft in the age of Satya Nadella

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Post by stevecalifornia »

staunch wrote: post #16
JacobAldridge wrote: post #13

"The release of Microsoft’s Skype Translator, which translates multilingual conversations in real time, is an early success." Is it just me who has seen loads on the updates to Google Translate but never heard about this? If not, then that suggests that shifting media perception about Microsoft will be critical, and isn't there yet (this piece will help). Only when the media (bloggers and mainstream) filter Microsoft…

Real artists ship. Microsoft obviously has plenty of good ideas but their execution is always lacking. I see nothing different about what Nadella is doing. If anything he seems more inclined towards flashy bs and talk over shipping. Microsoft: > "You could be one of the first to experience Skype Translator. All you need to do is sign up to be a preview user and we will keep you posted on what comes next." http://www.…

This has been in Windows Phone 8 since it came out.

Re: Restart: Microsoft in the age of Satya Nadella

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Post by capkutay »

ekianjo wrote: post #17
suprgeek wrote: post #12

Everything I hear from friends at MS was positive (atleast until they shuttered the lab in Mountain View). More than anything else the rise in morale among Softies has been almost unbelievable. Steve Ballmer hurt Microsoft in many insidious ways that may not be visible in the numbers - but hurt Microsoft he did. I once had the opportunity or misfortune to hear him speak about the cloud (~2011) and it was clear to eve…

> Satya seems to be making the right moves embracing open source Let's not get carried away. You can't say "Embracing" when only very few of their products or libraries are actually Open. They are still a business massively based on DRMs and Proprietary Software and Technologies.

I don't know why you're being down-voted. I think all their core consumer and enterprise products are proprietary and expensive. Maybe they contribute to open source as PR or something...but they certainly aren't 'Embracing' with their wallet. Not that it's a bad thing.

Re: Restart: Microsoft in the age of Satya Nadella

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Post by tdicola »

aaviran wrote: post #4
tdicola wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's sad because there's a lot of nice developments with modern operating systems like containerization, transactioned updates with rollbacks, etc. and as far as I can tell Windows 10 has none of it. They've just been spinning their wheels trying to unify everything, while the rest of the world (Android, iOS, CoreOS, Ubuntu Core, etc.) is moving ahead. (yes I know MS is looking at container support for Windows, but t…

Windows 10 is obviously consumer focused. Consumers don't care about containers

Android, iOS, etc. have strong separation of application data and consumers definitely care about the enhanced security that comes from it.

Re: Restart: Microsoft in the age of Satya Nadella

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Post by latch »

ekianjo wrote: post #17
suprgeek wrote: post #12

Everything I hear from friends at MS was positive (atleast until they shuttered the lab in Mountain View). More than anything else the rise in morale among Softies has been almost unbelievable. Steve Ballmer hurt Microsoft in many insidious ways that may not be visible in the numbers - but hurt Microsoft he did. I once had the opportunity or misfortune to hear him speak about the cloud (~2011) and it was clear to eve…

> Satya seems to be making the right moves embracing open source Let's not get carried away. You can't say "Embracing" when only very few of their products or libraries are actually Open. They are still a business massively based on DRMs and Proprietary Software and Technologies.

There's a pretty common pattern where companies push for openness and standards where they lag, while being closed and proprietary where they lead.

Re: Restart: Microsoft in the age of Satya Nadella

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Post by saosebastiao »

mandeepj wrote: post #23

Satya Nadella will complete his first anniversary as CEO next month. I am sure all these nice things Hololens, Windows 10 , Band etc did not got started and ready-to-be-released within a year.

He's worked there since 1992. Are you saying that he couldn't have possibly had an impact on anything at Microsoft until he became CEO? I mean, he's held VP-level positions for at least a decade.

Re: Restart: Microsoft in the age of Satya Nadella

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Post by mandeepj »

saosebastiao wrote: post #26
mandeepj wrote: post #23

Satya Nadella will complete his first anniversary as CEO next month. I am sure all these nice things Hololens, Windows 10 , Band etc did not got started and ready-to-be-released within a year.

He's worked there since 1992. Are you saying that he couldn't have possibly had an impact on anything at Microsoft until he became CEO? I mean, he's held VP-level positions for at least a decade.

He was more on the enterprise side

Re: Restart: Microsoft in the age of Satya Nadella

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Post by higherpurpose »

kevinqi wrote: post #7

I don't know how much of it has been Nadella, but I've been impressed by everything I've heard about Microsoft the last few months - open sourcing .NET, adopting new platforms, this holographic tech and the free Windows 10 upgrade. If this is anything to go by, Nadella is going to do great things at MS.

None of those things were started under Nadella's leadership.

Re: Restart: Microsoft in the age of Satya Nadella

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Post by CrazyCatDog »

Don't be confused, Win10 will be sold as a service: "free in the first year" will make it very difficult to re-win-d back to win7 or win8 once uncle Nadella starts threatening to brick your pc lest you start paying.

New vision: Two paid subscriptions (O365 + Win10), accessed from every desk and every home...and (unfortunately) 1 of every 10M phones

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