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

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Post by jayd16 »

zamnos wrote: post #4
uberman wrote: post #2

I don't know how much of the MS turnaround can be attributed to him, but if we take it at face value that the CEO is responsible for everything, then MS definitely has had a dramatic positive run following Nadella taking the reigns from Ballmer. MS still lacks a industry leading 21st century consumer device and Nadella has not been able to change that but his bets on cloud computing, embracing of Linux and open sourc…

> MS still lacks a industry leading 21st century consumer device The XBox division doesn't count?

Successful but not perhaps not dominant.

That said, they have more market share vs Playstation than iOS has over Android.

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

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Post by VWWHFSfQ »

zamnos wrote: post #4
uberman wrote: post #2

I don't know how much of the MS turnaround can be attributed to him, but if we take it at face value that the CEO is responsible for everything, then MS definitely has had a dramatic positive run following Nadella taking the reigns from Ballmer. MS still lacks a industry leading 21st century consumer device and Nadella has not been able to change that but his bets on cloud computing, embracing of Linux and open sourc…

> MS still lacks a industry leading 21st century consumer device The XBox division doesn't count?

I don't know any numbers but I would guess that Xbox is not close to being the market leader. Sony has that wrapped. Xbox is probably closer to Nintendo. They do, however, have a competitive platform which is important. Something they could never do with Windows Phone.

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

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Post by phkahler »

uberman wrote: post #2

I don't know how much of the MS turnaround can be attributed to him, but if we take it at face value that the CEO is responsible for everything, then MS definitely has had a dramatic positive run following Nadella taking the reigns from Ballmer. MS still lacks a industry leading 21st century consumer device and Nadella has not been able to change that but his bets on cloud computing, embracing of Linux and open sourc…

>> MS still lacks a industry leading 21st century consumer device

Oh but they have brought 21st century advertising and bullshit to windows devices!

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

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Post by phkahler »

zamnos wrote: post #3
uberman wrote: post #2

I don't know how much of the MS turnaround can be attributed to him, but if we take it at face value that the CEO is responsible for everything, then MS definitely has had a dramatic positive run following Nadella taking the reigns from Ballmer. MS still lacks a industry leading 21st century consumer device and Nadella has not been able to change that but his bets on cloud computing, embracing of Linux and open sourc…

Balmer said it best, 'Developers, developers, developers!' And then Microsoft bought Github.

I feel like Google would have been a better fit for Github. But then it would be about due for cancellation about now...

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

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Post by Traubenfuchs »

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.

To many, that's probably the foremost goal of a CEO, no?

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

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Post by osigurdson »

jansan wrote: post #22
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.

Apple was on a winning streak when Tim Cook took over, so it does not look that impressive. But it is hard to imagine how he could have done a better job. Maybe Apple could have created a better browser :)

Good CEOs don't screw up the current business. Great CEOs make big bets that work out. Tim Cook is clearly in the "good CEO" category.
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