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Rather, they are becoming the old Microsoft. Are you sure they aren't becoming the new Yahoo? Also, what new thing is the new Microsoft?
by stcredzero 7y ago
Rather, they are becoming the old Microsoft. Are you sure they aren't becoming the new Yahoo? Also, what new thing is the new Microsoft?
- blackflame7000 7y agoMicrosoft is the new Microsoft lol. It's back on top as the largest market cap just like it was in its heyday
- fragmede 7y agoNadella's Microsoft is the new Microsoft. Before Nadella, Microsoft looked doomed to a slow demise behind the increasing irrelevance of Windows, with revenue from (local-only) Microsoft Office as the only future source of income. Nadella has changed the course of that staid ship by changing the underlying culture, no small feat! Some specific actions: Microsoft Office on iPad and Android, going all in on cloud (Azure has 22% of the market, ahead of GCP's 7%, at the start of 2019), being friendly with Linux (Windows Subsystem for Linux - WSL, exFAT specs were released a few days ago), given up Windows Mobile (he “did not get why the world needed the third ecosystem in phones”). https://www.inc.com/scott-mautz/microsoft-ceo-satya-nadella-says-this-1-thing-unlocks-employee-greatness-its-why-microsoft-is-winning-again.html https://www.inc.com/scott-mautz/microsoft-ceo-satya-nadella-... https://qz.com/work/1539071/how-microsoft-ceo-satya-nadella-rebuilt-the-company-culture/ https://qz.com/work/1539071/how-microsoft-ceo-satya-nadella-...
- basq 7y agoWindows default products have also been improving in quality, like the mail and calender client. The calendar one is quite good actually. Typescript is also a pleasurable experience (as a new web dev, great timing!) vscode is nice to use too.
- cameronbrown 7y agoI'd rather they just go all in on the Outlook desktop app instead.