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I think that Microsoft could become awesome if they'd just quit trying to be cool. They're very good at selling to enterprise customers, but they're terrible a
by j_baker 16y ago
I think that Microsoft could become awesome if they'd just quit trying to be cool. They're very good at selling to enterprise customers, but they're terrible at marketing to consumers. It strikes me as odd that this reorganization is happening in the area where Microsoft has had the most success marketing to consumers. We are talking about the division that makes XBoxes correct?
- contextfree 16y agoThey think (correctly) that what's popular among consumers will eventually infiltrate the enterprise ("the consumerization of IT") and vice versa.
- tlack 16y agoI don't necessarily disagree with you but can you give some examples? I can think of counter examples, all things that went from commercial business tool to consumer not the other way around: - computers - internet - email - blackberry - unix (consumers now find mac os x more dependable and durable than windows and prefer it aside from cost)