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My suspicion is that Ballmer's departure was choreographed to coincide with seemingly "sudden" 360 to make it seem like some sort of internal revolution instead
by Hominem 13y ago
My suspicion is that Ballmer's departure was choreographed to coincide with seemingly "sudden" 360 to make it seem like some sort of internal revolution instead of a carefully planned business strategy. I certainly appreciate it. As a career c# developer it has given me some sort of new cred around the office like I was on the inside track on something cool instead of a guy who was hooked on some lame corporate language.
- nirnira 13y agoRight. Unlikely that anything was done carelessly, and in the end, Ballmer had to go, even if he was a great CEO - only a new, hip CEO could get people's attention and project a new image. And they'd been building up to that moment (when they could withstand the world's attention for a while) - the new logo, the product and web visual unification, etc etc. Next comes the real excitement.
- sremani 13y agoI think most of the people who find Microsoft as a sinister mega-corporation forget the majority of work force in Microsoft are developers and share the "culture" with developer community in general. I read Scott Hanselman blogging that Microsoft is too damn unorganized to come with a master evil plan. I think the Nixonian conspiracy lot of Microsoft bashers use to portray is mostly their imagination.
- Hominem 13y agoI don't think it is sinister, or a conspiracy, just the kind of coordinated rebranding and messaging modern corporations do all the time. I don't think it takes a PR genius to say "why don't we wait until after Ballmer leaves before we roll out our new initiatives, while the new CEO is still in his honeymoon stage". Microsoft 2.0, finally emerging, instead of poor old Ballmer, always late to the party with hamfisted plans.