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Well, if that isn't that a comically spooky infographic: https://data.afr.com/2017/01jan/microsoft-ceo-hype/index.html?initialWidth=620&childId=microsoft https

Well, if that isn't that a comically spooky infographic: https://data.afr.com/2017/01jan/microsoft-ceo-hype/index.html?initialWidth=620&childId=microsoft https://data.afr.com/2017/01jan/microsoft-ceo-hype/index.htm...

nmeofthestate 10y ago
Yeah, I'm a bit confused - it seems like MS has just continued to do what they had already started doing before Nadella took over. For example, their cloud computing offering was released in 2010.
- GCA10 10y ago
  But bear in mind that anyone can have a cloud-computing initiative. Hewlett Packard Enterprises has one. Executing well and building momentum in the face of AWS is the hard part. If Microsoft is making headway, that's interesting.
- sn41 10y ago
  IIRC Satya was in charge of Azure in 2010, which is a large part of why he got the top job.
- deleted 10y ago
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d--b 10y ago
Yeah, Ballmer is responsible for the 2001 tech crash!
- booi 10y ago
  I could overlay Apple vs. Microsoft from 2001 but you won't like that graph... https://www.google.com/finance?chdnp=1&chdd=1&chds=1&chdv=1&chvs=Logarithmic&chdeh=1&chfdeh=0&chdet=1311364800000&chddm=1039708&chls=IntervalBasedLine&cmpto=NASDAQ:MSFT&cmptdms=0&q=NASDAQ:AAPL&ntsp=0&ei=Gy6eWIHQD5OymAHhtI3oAQ https://www.google.com/finance?chdnp=1&chdd=1&chds=1&chdv=1&... or how about Google? https://www.google.com/finance?chdnp=1&chdd=1&chds=1&chdv=1&chvs=Logarithmic&chdeh=1&chfdeh=0&chdet=1300478400000&chddm=992618&chls=IntervalBasedLine&cmpto=NASDAQ:GOOG&cmptdms=0&q=NASDAQ:MSFT&ntsp=0&ei=iC6eWKDyDou9mAGEv6ToBQ https://www.google.com/finance?chdnp=1&chdd=1&chds=1&chdv=1&... Success and failure can and should be measured relative to other related companies in the same industry. Last 3 years https://www.google.com/finance?chdnp=1&chdd=1&chds=1&chdv=1&chvs=Logarithmic&chdeh=1&chfdeh=0&chdet=1486761778048&chddm=323178&chls=IntervalBasedLine&cmpto=NASDAQ:AAPL&cmptdms=0&q=NASDAQ:MSFT&ntsp=0&ei=iC6eWKDyDou9mAGEv6ToBQ https://www.google.com/finance?chdnp=1&chdd=1&chds=1&chdv=1&...

nmeofthestate 10y ago

Yeah, I'm a bit confused - it seems like MS has just continued to do what they had already started doing before Nadella took over. For example, their cloud computing offering was released in 2010.

GCA10 10y ago
But bear in mind that anyone can have a cloud-computing initiative. Hewlett Packard Enterprises has one. Executing well and building momentum in the face of AWS is the hard part. If Microsoft is making headway, that's interesting.
sn41 10y ago
IIRC Satya was in charge of Azure in 2010, which is a large part of why he got the top job.
deleted 10y ago
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d--b 10y ago

Yeah, Ballmer is responsible for the 2001 tech crash!

booi 10y ago
I could overlay Apple vs. Microsoft from 2001 but you won't like that graph... https://www.google.com/finance?chdnp=1&chdd=1&chds=1&chdv=1&chvs=Logarithmic&chdeh=1&chfdeh=0&chdet=1311364800000&chddm=1039708&chls=IntervalBasedLine&cmpto=NASDAQ:MSFT&cmptdms=0&q=NASDAQ:AAPL&ntsp=0&ei=Gy6eWIHQD5OymAHhtI3oAQ https://www.google.com/finance?chdnp=1&chdd=1&chds=1&chdv=1&... or how about Google? https://www.google.com/finance?chdnp=1&chdd=1&chds=1&chdv=1&chvs=Logarithmic&chdeh=1&chfdeh=0&chdet=1300478400000&chddm=992618&chls=IntervalBasedLine&cmpto=NASDAQ:GOOG&cmptdms=0&q=NASDAQ:MSFT&ntsp=0&ei=iC6eWKDyDou9mAGEv6ToBQ https://www.google.com/finance?chdnp=1&chdd=1&chds=1&chdv=1&... Success and failure can and should be measured relative to other related companies in the same industry. Last 3 years https://www.google.com/finance?chdnp=1&chdd=1&chds=1&chdv=1&chvs=Logarithmic&chdeh=1&chfdeh=0&chdet=1486761778048&chddm=323178&chls=IntervalBasedLine&cmpto=NASDAQ:AAPL&cmptdms=0&q=NASDAQ:MSFT&ntsp=0&ei=iC6eWKDyDou9mAGEv6ToBQ https://www.google.com/finance?chdnp=1&chdd=1&chds=1&chdv=1&...