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We live in a culture where "take your work home" is accepted however "bring your toys to work" is not. Bigger picture Microsoft has far more consumer than Apple

by tacos 11y ago

We live in a culture where "take your work home" is accepted however "bring your toys to work" is not. Bigger picture Microsoft has far more consumer than Apple has enterprise. The takeaway from Satya is "Look, we don't have to win everywhere, broadly. It's okay to focus on a few great scenarios sometimes." This is a smart way to set expectations with investors while encouraging more nimble thinking inside the company.

icanhackit 11y ago
The takeaway from Satya is "Look, we don't have to win everywhere, broadly. It's okay to focus on a few great scenarios sometimes." And I think this attitude will pay dividends - the we must win at everything ideology means you spread yourself too thin in key, highly profitable areas that are worth having a stake in. When Steve Jobs said for Apple to win, Microsoft doesn't need to lose it led their most focused, eventually most profitable period in their history.
bentcorner 11y ago
> "bring your toys to work" is not Isn't "BYOD" a growing phenomenon in the workplace? I think Microsoft chasing mobile is them trying to defend enterprise from Apple/Android handsets.
- tacos 11y ago
  Yes, and that's exactly one of the things Satya talks about. If people are using Outlook as a Gmail client on iOS and it's enforcing corporate data retention policies via Azure Active Directory then who cares how many iPhones sold to consumers that quarter. The more the better. Microsoft thought they had to defend the enterprise from iPads, too. Nope, they just needed to make PowerPoint run great on the damn things. The broader point is that people are bringing their work home and to the extent that Microsoft makes the best productivity tools, they'll never lose "consumer." They get that for free. When consumer trends change, maybe they'll catch one. Maybe Sony will. Maybe Samsung. But that's really not the front line battle anymore.

by tacos 11y ago

icanhackit 11y ago

The takeaway from Satya is "Look, we don't have to win everywhere, broadly. It's okay to focus on a few great scenarios sometimes." And I think this attitude will pay dividends - the we must win at everything ideology means you spread yourself too thin in key, highly profitable areas that are worth having a stake in. When Steve Jobs said for Apple to win, Microsoft doesn't need to lose it led their most focused, eventually most profitable period in their history.

bentcorner 11y ago

> "bring your toys to work" is not Isn't "BYOD" a growing phenomenon in the workplace? I think Microsoft chasing mobile is them trying to defend enterprise from Apple/Android handsets.

tacos 11y ago
Yes, and that's exactly one of the things Satya talks about. If people are using Outlook as a Gmail client on iOS and it's enforcing corporate data retention policies via Azure Active Directory then who cares how many iPhones sold to consumers that quarter. The more the better. Microsoft thought they had to defend the enterprise from iPads, too. Nope, they just needed to make PowerPoint run great on the damn things. The broader point is that people are bringing their work home and to the extent that Microsoft makes the best productivity tools, they'll never lose "consumer." They get that for free. When consumer trends change, maybe they'll catch one. Maybe Sony will. Maybe Samsung. But that's really not the front line battle anymore.