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Ugh... "Clearly, greater success with phones will strengthen the overall opportunity for us and our partners to deliver on our strategy to create a family of d

by tjmc 13y ago

Ugh... "Clearly, greater success with phones will strengthen the overall opportunity for us and our partners to deliver on our strategy to create a family of devices and services for individuals and businesses that empower people around the globe at home, at work and on the go, for the activities they value most." Corporate beige-speak at its worst. How can anybody be inspired by this?

raverbashing 13y ago
Well, it seems more human than anything Ray Ozzie could have every written, even this phrase
- InclinedPlane 13y ago
  That doesn't help. This sort of bs is mind poison. It's like saying that MS wants to be a company that does stuff and sells things. It is literally that vague and useless.
  - raverbashing 13y ago
    Well, I agree. Of course it is. There's also an aspect of being a "mandatory blurb" for "market analyst (drones)" because it hits the right keywords. It still feels they don't have the slightest idea of what they're doing
    - InclinedPlane 13y ago
      Because they don't. At a division level people know what they're doing and have more well defined goals at least, but that only helps so much.
  - freehunter 13y ago
    But that's literally what Microsoft does and wants to do. Be everything, everywhere, in everyone's home and office. It doesn't matter if it's Windows or Windows Phone, it doesn't matter if it's Windows Server or Azure, it doesn't matter if it's Xbox or Games for Windows. Basically what is being said is, our strategy is everything everywhere Microsoft, and buying Nokia will help us achieve that goal.
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halviti 13y ago
Worse it's a copy and paste from his "Transforming Our Company" memo from July. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/Press/2013/Jul13/07-11memo.aspx http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/Press/2013/Jul13/07-11me... If you cut out all the nonsense and try and make sense of that sentence, it boils down to that they want to offer everything, to everyone, everywhere. A recipe for failure, if I have ever heard one.
vijayr 13y ago
haha, I had to read it 2-3 times before I understood, let alone get inspired by it. Sounds like it was written by a lawyer.

by tjmc 13y ago

raverbashing 13y ago

Well, it seems more human than anything Ray Ozzie could have every written, even this phrase

InclinedPlane 13y ago
That doesn't help. This sort of bs is mind poison. It's like saying that MS wants to be a company that does stuff and sells things. It is literally that vague and useless.
- raverbashing 13y ago
  Well, I agree. Of course it is. There's also an aspect of being a "mandatory blurb" for "market analyst (drones)" because it hits the right keywords. It still feels they don't have the slightest idea of what they're doing
  - InclinedPlane 13y ago
    Because they don't. At a division level people know what they're doing and have more well defined goals at least, but that only helps so much.
- freehunter 13y ago
  But that's literally what Microsoft does and wants to do. Be everything, everywhere, in everyone's home and office. It doesn't matter if it's Windows or Windows Phone, it doesn't matter if it's Windows Server or Azure, it doesn't matter if it's Xbox or Games for Windows. Basically what is being said is, our strategy is everything everywhere Microsoft, and buying Nokia will help us achieve that goal.

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halviti 13y ago

Worse it's a copy and paste from his "Transforming Our Company" memo from July. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/Press/2013/Jul13/07-11memo.aspx http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/Press/2013/Jul13/07-11me... If you cut out all the nonsense and try and make sense of that sentence, it boils down to that they want to offer everything, to everyone, everywhere. A recipe for failure, if I have ever heard one.

vijayr 13y ago

haha, I had to read it 2-3 times before I understood, let alone get inspired by it. Sounds like it was written by a lawyer.