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Love the hubris in using the CEO's first name.

• username 11y ago
  I'm guessing Chris knows Satya on some personal level.
  • JustSomeNobody 11y ago
    Maybe. And I get that as CEO's they can be regarded as peers, but if you're going to call this a "letter", I think it would have been better to use either full name (which is how it's signed BTW), or Mr.
• mentat 11y ago
  This is not some random guy but another CEO.
  • JustSomeNobody 11y ago
    Who used HIS full name in the signature. At the very least he should have use MS CEO's full name.
    • ashmud 11y ago
      I confess that I use this same pattern frequently for work emails outside the company. Inside the company, I only sign with my given name. [GivenName], [Body] [Closing], [FullName]
    • mentat 11y ago
      Usually people use their full name in signatures. Still don't see what the issue is.
• myth_buster 11y ago
  It's quite common in US to refer to people by their first name perhaps an attribute of low context culture. I particularly like it having come from a high context culture as it reduces friction and gives people the confidence to voice their opinions irrespective of their social strata.