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Great points. btw http://minimsft.blogspot.com/ http://minimsft.blogspot.com/ is a great resource for things that Microsoft should be doing. Ironically its writ
by dman 15y ago
Great points. btw http://minimsft.blogspot.com/ http://minimsft.blogspot.com/ is a great resource for things that Microsoft should be doing. Ironically its written by someone who works at Microsoft and several people from Microsoft participate in the comments section.
- chollida1 15y ago> btw http://minimsft.blogspot.com/ http://minimsft.blogspot.com/ is a great resource for things that Microsoft should be doing. Ironically its written by someone who works at Microsoft I agree that minimsft is a great blog, but can you expand on how an employee having an opinion on how Microsoft should run it's business is ironic? Most of the premise of the blog is to have a smaller Microsoft, which is almost a universally accepted opinion in the company.
- dman 15y agoWell minimsft is one employee but his posts receive comments from many other Microsoft employees. In my mind the irony is that people inside the company seem to agree completely on what needs to be changed - incentives structure, more risks, less political infighting and increased agility - however things are still as they are.
- contextfree 15y agoThose are all pretty abstract. Agreeing on a concrete solution, other than e.g. "less political infighting ... achieved by giving my faction what it wants and telling those other idiots to shut up!", is a lot harder. The various points advanced in minimsft comments and elsewhere tend to be mutually contradictory if you actually think about them. e.g. stop depending too much on Windows/Office and focus on making totally new products even if it's risky? or stop wasting time and money on anything not immediately profitable and focus only on core strengths? I've seen both advocated on minimsft quite a few times.