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"In 2014, Microsoft finally announced that Ballmer would retire, and in early 2014, Satya Nadella took charge. Nadella got Microsoft organized around mobile and
by zeroname 8y ago
"In 2014, Microsoft finally announced that Ballmer would retire, and in early 2014, Satya Nadella took charge. Nadella got Microsoft organized around mobile and the cloud (Azure), freed the Office and Azure teams from Windows, killed the phone business and got a major release of Windows out without the usual trauma. And is moving the company into augmented reality and conversational AI."
Okay, but:
- Microsoft is still irrelevant on mobile
- Azure already was four years old when Nadella took charge
- Windows 10 was not actually well-received
- Microsoft is irrelevant in Augmented Reality and conversational AI, which are already by themselves not that relevant
Microsoft can't be Apple because Microsoft is uncool. It always will be uncool. It can't do the transformation to a fashion brand like Apple.
I'll make another prediction: The days of "revolutionary" consumer products are over. People won't be living in VR/AR, they'll keep watching stuff on their phone/tablets/TVs. There will be more innovation in B2B and Microsoft is actually in a better position here in the long run.
- abakker 8y agoPrediction noted. Per AR, I suppose hololens doesn't count? It sure felt like a step in the right direction when I used it. Honestly, the least cool thing MSFT makes is Sharepoint. They need to just abandon that line of thinking, and think of something else. Compared to the rest of new MSFT, that whole product needs a drastic upgrade, not just the Teams UI. They missed an opportunity in workplace tech when they bought Yammer and Skype and just sat on them. Maybe they'll get another shot.
- zeroname 8y agoHololens, Magic Leap, Google Glass, all of these will not become "must have" consumer devices. Reality is already augmented. Need more information than what your bare eyes can see? Pull out your phone. You don't need it overlaid unto your vision. That's a gimmick.
- abakker 8y agoFunny - I once gave a presentation where I made the claim that the most common Augmented Reality app used was spoken car navigation. Augmented Reality certainly doesn't augment only your eyes. I also think the Apple Watch haptic system is underutilized as a augmentation device. Total agreement.
- why_only_15 8y agoAzure is four years old because Nadella made it; Before being CEO he was Executive Vice President of Microsoft's Cloud group.
- zeroname 8y agoThe point is that Ballmer didn't drop the ball on that one, unlike Apple, who killed their server business.