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> one could even argue they are somewhere between the embrace and extend phase. I see it more as grasping at straws to stay relevant. The Ballmer-era FUD camp
by nerflad 9y ago
> one could even argue they are somewhere between the embrace and extend phase.
I see it more as grasping at straws to stay relevant. The Ballmer-era FUD campaign was mostly a failure (and bad PR). "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em".
- oblio 9y agoAgreed. At this point it's like trying to "extinguish" the world's deserts or oceans :)
- Fnoord 9y agoWith Pichai they're steering more towards a service-oriented company. Linux clearly has a place in their vision. You can see this also in their offerings on Azure. Microsoft is a large company. In recent years, many *NIX developers joined them. Although I don't have statistics. Gone are the days where its funny or righteous to bash Microsoft on /. heck gone is /. Its also not only Microsoft; its Wintel at a whole. Desktop market lost a lot of its relative relevance. Intel is also having trouble with ARM platform [1]. That's not only desktop market. ARM's onto the server market as well. I'm not really backing the above up with sources and numbers though so take it with a grain of salt. [1] https://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/12/02/intel-corporation-vs-arm-holdings-plc-which-is-the.aspx https://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/12/02/intel-corp...
- basch 9y agothe service oriented One Microsoft vision was Ballmer's last major contribution before walking out the door. https://genius.com/Steve-ballmer-one-microsoft-annotated https://genius.com/Steve-ballmer-one-microsoft-annotated Nadella (Pichai is google) is executing the roadmap Ballmer laid.
- Fnoord 9y agoOuch, I'm sorry I mixed them up and thanks for the reference on Ballmer's last minute change of course