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You win some you lose some. It's perfectly possible that any Microsoft phone product would have been doomed, whether it was executed under Nadella, Gates, or an
by missedthecue 5y ago
You win some you lose some. It's perfectly possible that any Microsoft phone product would have been doomed, whether it was executed under Nadella, Gates, or anyone else.
Ballmer did start Azure though, which is basically carrying Microsoft today. Their Surface product was also released under Ballmer's direction.
- devnull3 5y ago> Ballmer did start Azure though This is analogous to Xerox experimenting with GUI and not really believing in it. No real drive, no zeal. Satya doubled down on it. Made it priority 1 and most importantly executed it well. Ballmer's world view was completely different which was more rooted in 90s and early 2000s. He was more of Windows guy and not really seeing the changing trends. That is why MSFT's foray into mobile looked like an after thought.