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Microsoft was blindsided by OpenAI's ouster of CEO Sam Altman - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38312372
The silence is deafening.
A fine example of why MSFT is an investment and reliability risk in the industry.
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Which could well be an indication they did not know this was going to happen...
This statement is the absolute bare minimum they could have written. Terse, no marketing, straight to the point. Its nice for a change. But given the usual verbiage / pomp-and-circumstance (etc. etc.) on typical announcements, getting something so short and simple like this just feels weird.
You could cut out:
> As you saw at Microsoft Ignite this week, we’re continuing to rapidly innovate for this era of AI, with over 100 announcements across the full tech stack from AI systems, models, and tools in Azure, to Copilot. Most importantly, we’re committed to delivering all of this to our customers while building for the future. [...] to deliver on our innovation agenda and an exciting product roadmap [...] Together, we will continue to deliver the meaningful benefits of this technology to the world.
And still keep the relevant info with just:
> We have a long-term agreement with OpenAI with full access to everything we need [...] and remain committed to our partnership, and to Mira and the team.
This reads like he's trying to calm investors to save MSFT... Monday is going to be interesting!
Microsoft lost more than $20b on Nokia, Skype, WinPhone and RT OS, and barely blinked.
“Full access to everything we need.” == “We have our hands around your…”
Ultimately, that amounts to the same thing you said anyway.
This reads like he's trying to calm investors to save MSFT... Monday is going to be interesting!
"save Microsoft", really? Are their multiple enterprise moats going to disappear because Altman got fired? Microsoft lost more than $20b on Nokia, Skype, WinPhone and RT OS, and barely blinked.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Which could well be an indication they did not know this was going to happen...
This statement is the absolute bare minimum they could have written. Terse, no marketing, straight to the point. Its nice for a change. But given the usual verbiage / pomp-and-circumstance (etc. etc.) on typical announcements, getting something so short and simple like this just feels weird.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
"save Microsoft", really? Are their multiple enterprise moats going to disappear because Altman got fired? Microsoft lost more than $20b on Nokia, Skype, WinPhone and RT OS, and barely blinked.
I meant save the stock MSFT from dipping, obviously it’s not going to crash and burn but I’m sure a 5% dip is possible.
It was definitely a shitty move on MS, and Satya being the CEO is right to express they're upset.