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Still rooting for Forstall. The ultimate revenge, and the once in a lifetime opportunity for Microsoft to change its ways, cut waste, bureaucracy, and ship new
by milhous 13y ago
Still rooting for Forstall. The ultimate revenge, and the once in a lifetime opportunity for Microsoft to change its ways, cut waste, bureaucracy, and ship new product on a regular basis.
If Microsoft wants to operate like Apple does, there's no better person to do it than the man who learned and worked for Jobs! You can't do this kind of thing with a run-of-the-mill CEO. You need someone that's going to micromanage and rebuild the company over the course of a few years, in addition to being somewhat polarizing and making unilateral decisions.
Scott Forstall is this person, and Bill Gates would be foolish to completely discount him.
- milhous 13y agoAlso, I'm curious what it's like to be a Microsoft insider. Is there a perpetual whisper along the lines of "Why can Apple execute, but we can't?". I'm not denigrating Microsoft and it's employees. But I'm really curious what morale is like over there, before and after Bill Gates left. edit: Start with Forstall, bring Ray Ozzie back, and you have a very solid leadership base.
- CurtHagenlocher 13y agoFor the most part, employees who are unhappy at Microsoft will leave. From what I've seen, Microsoft employees have no trouble finding jobs at places like Google, Amazon or Facebook -- even those who I don't consider especially desirable as employees. For the rest of us, we're mostly focused on shipping whatever it is that we're working on.
- milhous 13y agoThanks for sharing. Having gone back to student life, but with prior experience working for larger companies, I guess you can't really worry about C-level stuff because it's out of your control. Good advice on staying focused on what you're doing until something affects you directly. How long have you been there, and how would you compare it to other places you've worked at? No need to disclose specifics.
- jballanc 13y agoThe problem with Forstall is that he's not mature enough yet. I don't mean that he is childish or impulsive (which he is, but that's not necessarily a bad thing). I mean that he hasn't yet developed that innate sense that one needs to be a great CEO. Much like the ability to appreciate art or fine wine only comes with experience, he needs more time to develop his talents before being given command of a ship as big as Microsoft. I think the whole "maps apology" incident demonstrated that, and this is why he's no longer with Apple. Remember, even Jobs needed two sizable failures under his belt before he became the Jobs that we all know and remember.