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two pr teams talking to each other. I would have written: Steve to Satya: I love Microsoft, and I feel like I can trust you to take on the world for me. Micro

two pr teams talking to each other. I would have written: Steve to Satya: I love Microsoft, and I feel like I can trust you to take on the world for me. Microsoft must live. Here, take some seasons tickets for the Clippers. Satya to Steve: Hey dude, I need to make Microsoft faster, leaner, and stronger. I'm glad I passed the 1st date test with you and the rest of the board. I'll take those seasons tickets now.

heropotato 12y ago
Exactly true.
chimeracoder 12y ago
Honestly, quite possibly the same PR team drafted both letters.
- heropotato 12y ago
  Possibly, written by the same person.
  - thedaveoflife 12y ago
    This is such a ridiculous scenario that I hope it's how it actually happened.
    - TeMPOraL 12y ago
      Somebody at MS PR is having a good laugh with friends over beers now.
- hnnewguy 12y ago
  >quite possibly the same PR team drafted both letters. How cynical are you people that you don't think long-time corporate executives can sit down and write a professional, "safe" sounding, 500 word resignation letter?
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    - chasingtheflow 12y ago
      Reading this, "No company in the world has the mix of software skills, cloud skills, and hardware skills we have assembled", only got me thinking of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gosFtO6504 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gosFtO6504
    - jacquesm 12y ago
      Poorly written? 'then him'? 'bolness'? Funny.
      - Arnor 12y ago
        This comment thread should be in the HN hall of fame. Classic :)
  - jerf 12y ago
    Why do you think that we think that's what happened because the two executives "can't"? I think it happened because both had lawyers looking it over due to the fact both are operating in the heavily regulated space of high-level officers in one of the world's largest publicly traded companies, and it would be suicidally stupid to not have lawyers looking over your every official utterance... and while the words are in the lawyers hands, the PR department might as well have a go too, since it's not a hard guess to think this could go mobile-first, cloud-first... er... public.
  - kaonashi 12y ago
    It's not whether or not he can, it's whether or not he did.
  - grayclhn 12y ago
    I think they can. I also think it's not a good use of their time.
  - blueskin_ 12y ago
- UVB-76 12y ago
  > Honestly, ... I see what you did there!
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- yuhong 12y ago
  I think Satya is known for doing that.

heropotato 12y ago

Exactly true.

chimeracoder 12y ago

Honestly, quite possibly the same PR team drafted both letters.

heropotato 12y ago
Possibly, written by the same person.
- thedaveoflife 12y ago
  This is such a ridiculous scenario that I hope it's how it actually happened.
  - TeMPOraL 12y ago
    Somebody at MS PR is having a good laugh with friends over beers now.
hnnewguy 12y ago
>quite possibly the same PR team drafted both letters. How cynical are you people that you don't think long-time corporate executives can sit down and write a professional, "safe" sounding, 500 word resignation letter?
- deleted 12y ago
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  - chasingtheflow 12y ago
    Reading this, "No company in the world has the mix of software skills, cloud skills, and hardware skills we have assembled", only got me thinking of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gosFtO6504 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gosFtO6504
  - jacquesm 12y ago
    Poorly written? 'then him'? 'bolness'? Funny.
    - Arnor 12y ago
      This comment thread should be in the HN hall of fame. Classic :)
- jerf 12y ago
  Why do you think that we think that's what happened because the two executives "can't"? I think it happened because both had lawyers looking it over due to the fact both are operating in the heavily regulated space of high-level officers in one of the world's largest publicly traded companies, and it would be suicidally stupid to not have lawyers looking over your every official utterance... and while the words are in the lawyers hands, the PR department might as well have a go too, since it's not a hard guess to think this could go mobile-first, cloud-first... er... public.
- kaonashi 12y ago
  It's not whether or not he can, it's whether or not he did.
- grayclhn 12y ago
  I think they can. I also think it's not a good use of their time.
- blueskin_ 12y ago
UVB-76 12y ago
> Honestly, ... I see what you did there!

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yuhong 12y ago
I think Satya is known for doing that.