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Was Microsoft dying under Balmer? I think we’d say yes. Even if the SEC filings indicated otherwise.
by oofbey 1mo ago
Was Microsoft dying under Balmer? I think we’d say yes. Even if the SEC filings indicated otherwise.
- loeg 1mo agoRight. If we merely define "dying" to mean something other than dying, it's possible for a not-dying company to be "dying."
- wmf 1mo agohttps://danluu.com/ballmer/ https://danluu.com/ballmer/
- oofbey 1mo agoWow. Ballmer fans. Hot take - I like the novelty! And yeah, I never really thought about how Bing, Azure, and Office 365 are all actually stellar products. Somehow I missed that. Azure was particularly good in the early days when you could only run Windows servers, not Linux. That was also the Ballmer brilliance - cut off access to the alternatives and they’ll fade away to irrelevance. (Irrelevance is of course not the same as “dying”.) Along those lines, let’s not forget Windows Phone. Also underappreciated. Or Silverlight! Pure genius that one. So many gems from the Ballmer era.
- KellyCriterion 1mo agoSo, WinPhone wasnt bad!It just didnt take off because of app availability and therefore, traction.