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The Cloud, and therefore the integration of as much as possible in it, is core Microsoft strategy. It's about the recurring payments, the lock-in, and ultimate
by UweSchmidt 3y ago
The Cloud, and therefore the integration of as much as possible in it, is core Microsoft strategy.
It's about the recurring payments, the lock-in, and ultimately literally having the knowledge and business processes of the world economy on their own computers. If this is true, the reason why it is important to run data and scripts locally should be clear, and so is the motivation of your PMs to actively combat any such things.
But if you get a summary in your inbox and show it to your PMs let us know how that goes down.
- GabeIsko 3y agoYeah, but they also make money on the office subscriptions. So you also want current working data scientists who would not touch excel to give it a chance because they can use their existing python back-end. Eventually, there would be a service that is Microsoft exclusive, but they have to compete on services. Idk, it's really up to Microsoft's business units. Office could be the loss leader to get cloud business, but it could be the other way too. Either way, I would hazard that they want people to actually use this integration feature.
- TheOtherHobbes 3y agoIt all sounds a little too "Software services as a software service." Python -> Excel sounds great. Cloud Python -> Cloud Excel sounds too much like a privacy and security disaster waiting to happen.