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Satya Nadella – Microsoft's CEO

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Post by fredwu » Tue, Feb 04, 2014, 2:03 PM UTC

Satya Nadella – Microsoft's CEO
microsoft.com

Re: Satya Nadella – Microsoft's CEO

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Post by chollida1 » Tue, Feb 04, 2014, 2:08 PM UTC

The bigger news here might be that Bill Gates has stepped down from his role as Chairman of the board!

Although this has been rumored to happen for some time, its still a big "changing of the guard" step for Microsoft.

Good luck to Bill in his new roll on the Board as "Founder and Technology Advisor".

Re: Satya Nadella – Microsoft's CEO

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Post by scotth » Tue, Feb 04, 2014, 2:10 PM UTC

I'm curious about his accent. It sounds like it would've taken a lot of work to develop. Is sounding American-ish a requirement of rising to the upper echelons of a company like Microsoft?

Re: Satya Nadella – Microsoft's CEO

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Post by csmithuk » Tue, Feb 04, 2014, 2:12 PM UTC

I'll be more interested when he unleashes his "arse kicking" on the company and starts pushing roadmaps out. That's a make or break moment for a lot of us involved in Microsoft's ecosystem.

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Post by leobelle » Tue, Feb 04, 2014, 2:13 PM UTC

It looks like Microsoft is starting to head in a better direction given their backtracking on "metro" style for desktop applications. I hope they develop more software for non-Windows devices. I really wouldn't mind using Microsoft software on non-Windows. I only use Windows for testing and gaming.

I wish Nadella and Microsoft luck, and hope they make a real turn around.

As a side note it is also exciting to see some more diversity in the top ranks of one of our biggest technology companies. If I were a young aspiring engineer from India, or anywhere in the world really, I'd feel pretty good about the future right now.

Also amazing is that they're publishing and embedding Google YouTube videos on that page.

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Post by solaris152000 » Tue, Feb 04, 2014, 2:13 PM UTC

The email on his first day is an interesting read: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/press/2014/feb14/02-04ma...

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Post by chunky1994 » Tue, Feb 04, 2014, 2:14 PM UTC

scotth wrote: post #3

I'm curious about his accent. It sounds like it would've taken a lot of work to develop. Is sounding American-ish a requirement of rising to the upper echelons of a company like Microsoft?

He's been in the U.S since his masters, an accent change over that many years is quite natural, and hardly has anything do with the fact that he's in a high powered position in the company.

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Post by camus2 » Tue, Feb 04, 2014, 2:14 PM UTC

Well Congrats to their new CEO, there is a lot of work to do to put MSFT on the right path for the future. The industry has changed, consumers have changed, MSFT needs to evolve too.

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Post by sergiotapia » Tue, Feb 04, 2014, 2:14 PM UTC

Will he be able to unify the entire Microsoft experience into something amazing? I'm excited!

New blood will surely bring in fresh ideas and approaches - I hope Microsoft manages to raise the bar even higher and make me an MS evangelist again.

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Post by Varcht » Tue, Feb 04, 2014, 2:19 PM UTC

scotth wrote: post #3

I'm curious about his accent. It sounds like it would've taken a lot of work to develop. Is sounding American-ish a requirement of rising to the upper echelons of a company like Microsoft?

Is it racist to not understand half of what is said through a thick accent? if it is I'm a big jerk.

edit: why the down votes? Honest question, parent seems to be implying that its a bad thing that he adjusted to his environment, an environment where clear communication is paramount,.