> These arguments usually treat companies (eg. Microsoft) or entire industries (eg. the media) as homogeneous entities with a single-minded focus on profit. In

> These arguments usually treat companies (eg. Microsoft) or entire industries (eg. the media) as homogeneous entities with a single-minded focus on profit. In reality, these companies and groups are comprised of individuals with orthogonal and conflicting motivations (many of which have nothing to do with profit). Well, it's not necessary that the whole org "thinks" this way - it's enough that those who are to exert the necessary influence, do so - in this case, Satya Nadella: > "In fact, this morning, I was reading a news article in Hacker News, which is a community where we have been working hard to make sure that Azure is growing in popularity and I was pleasantly surprised to see that we have made a lot of progress..." The relevant URL[0] no longer works, this one [1] does. [0] https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-corp-msft-q1-201 https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-corp-msft-q1-201 [1] https://c.s-microsoft.com/en-us/CMSFiles/TranscriptFY19Q1.docx?version=9b6b3c05-370b-0bd1-2c5f-1c9518f903b7 https://c.s-microsoft.com/en-us/CMSFiles/TranscriptFY19Q1.do...