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Satya Nadella is Microsoft's new CEO
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gaming_noob
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MDSLKTR
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The microsoft style
Banjo-Kazooie
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Much rather have him than the Ford guy or Elop, lol. He seems really driven and vested in the company, and very forward thinking. Can't wait to see what he will do.
Messofanego
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Casual racist? They're against an insider being the new CEO not the fact he's indian.
At least that's what I got from the post.
I'd really like to know where you got the "casual racists" insinuation from.
Maximilian Kolbe
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Not really,if so Satya Nadella won't be CEO,even it's not Elop,it will be someone from outside
AyaisMUsikWhore
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I give one up to Microsoft for being very diversed in their company. I'm actually really happy that and Indian guy is running Microsoft. Maybe he won't be as ruthless and salty running Microsoft the way that Balmer was and bring Microsoft back to true innovation instead of attacking other products that's successful to sell their own. I see this as nothing but good news. Great choice. I have so much faith in him to do a good job. I might just believe in Microsoft again.
Castef
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"FuXX Xbox! Let's make rockets!"
Gintoki313
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I've never heard of him before.
Regardless, I hope this is a good thing.
Regardless, I hope this is a good thing.
Read the story from Bloomberg, it doesn't paint him in a bad light at all, actually quite the opposite.
Also it's a pretty well known fact that these 2 divisions are not money makers for MSFT either, actually any company that isn't MSFT would have cut them aeons ago.
BrokenIcarus
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Wouldn't they need to cut tablets aswell then?
I feel MS inserts itself into these markets by brute force and stacks of cash. It makes sense to stop doing that as it usually doesn't work.
CriterionDog
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So happy to hear this. I love the welcoming videos from Bill and Steve. 
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It really sounds like Microsoft is going to tackle their challenges now and go forward. So excited for what this means regarding Windows, Windows Phone, Surface, Office and Xbox.
))It really sounds like Microsoft is going to tackle their challenges now and go forward. So excited for what this means regarding Windows, Windows Phone, Surface, Office and Xbox.
McHuj
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I would have preferred an outsider because I have a hard time believing someone like Ballmer would have a direct report who didn't share his views of the company and a vision of it's future.
Now, this guy may make better choices for Microsoft, but I don't expect radical changes or a bunch of new innovation. Given his background in servers and cloud, I think he'll push MS more in the software as a service/subscription.
Now, this guy may make better choices for Microsoft, but I don't expect radical changes or a bunch of new innovation. Given his background in servers and cloud, I think he'll push MS more in the software as a service/subscription.
In that video Satya kept mentioning the words "Fun" and "Play" that is not really all important for enterprise. He ain't killing consumer business which is good.
ultratruman
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I bet he's ntkrl.
Bluemercury
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Regular PC is in freefall and being replaced by tablets, their moneymakers are stuffs you put on regular PC.
It's a direct threat to the jugular for MSFT.
It is vastly more important for MSFT that business and people at large keep using Windows and Office than gamers get their fix through xbox or anything really.
It's not that they lose opportunity cost if they stop their foray into tablet market, it's that there is a big risk that they'll be king of a hill where there's no profit anymore.
People already use less PC (and as such MSFT products) to do regular browsing and other stuffs done with computers, there's already little point for the average customer to consider a PC nowadays instead of a much cheaper alternative.
Since MSFT isn't present on the devices people buy what happens when you have your customers not used to pay for the service you provide (the OS that is) ?
ultratruman
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I understand from a shareholder's perspective why Bing should go, but do you guys really want a websearch industry with no proper alternative to Google?
Last report on Android market share was Nov 2013 and still showed HTC in #2 spot. Do you have an update source?
Please tell me this is a joke post ...
Is there a difference between an industry with or without Bing?
If you don't use a Ws 8 or an xbox you already don't even know what Bing is anyway.
What's your point? Plenty of people change companies these days, MSFT isn't a Japanese company.
Heck even Google lose and win people over time.
BrokenIcarus
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That's true but people will alaways need 'real' computers for work.
I can't imagine that people will use tablets for work.
That's their biggest market and a gimmicky arm tablet that runs a gimpes OS that nobpdy asked for isn't helping.
What the hell is wrong with you puling the race card? Their reasons are they don't want someone who has been soaking in the Microsoft toxic culture for 22-years to run the show. Most left because the place is a mess organizationally and politically. They wanted someone with a fresh perspective from elsewhere in the industry.
Dozens. In my direct circle, my boss is ex-MS as is his boss. The two people I work with closest as ex-MS as well as a few members of their team.
Plus at my last company my CTO was ex-MS and well as most of his directs.
Yeah it does. There's a glut of ex-MS people out there which speaks volumes to their attrition rate.
BlackBuzzard
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McHuj
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Volumes of absolutely nothing.
Messofanego
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This looks better...
Does that thing flip open?
Such a shame Xbox doesn't run software...
Ballmer had no vision because he was a sales guy. Nadella is an engineer like Gates was, he has a history of creating and a history of building products that try to do something unique.
I can't forsee him wanting to sit on his laurels. Whether or not what he creates will be any good, that's another story, but this wont be another Ballmer.
About the ex-MSFT, Valve was made by an ex MSFT guy so...yeah
It's classic disruption, it starts with a crappy product for crappy customers and next thing you know the crappy product is not so crappy anymore and the old product is this bloated mess no one want that cost twice the price of the 'crappy' product.
Real computers are on the way out and unless things change dramatically console are on the way out too.
It's classic disruption, it starts with a crappy product for crappy customers and next thing you know the crappy product is not so crappy anymore and the old product is this bloated mess no one want that cost twice the price of the 'crappy' product.
Real computers are on the way out and unless things change dramatically console are on the way out too.
Like anyone that wants to do anything interesting in consumer tech has wanted to work at MS for a while.
Video games are no longer software? Xbox OS no longer software? Eh ...
Where?
I see plenty of people congratulating Nadella and being sceptical of Elop...who's track record isn't exactly stellar.
AyaisMUsikWhore
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Seems like SaaS is going to be there main push moving forward.
Gates revolutionized the industry by figuring out how to monetize software. Besides that he really lacks vision. How long ago did Microsoft release tablets (Gates' vision) and they stagnated from a decade where Apple took over the tablet industry overnight?
Plus Bill is a real bastard wrt to business. He's a brilliant philanthropist but at a professional level he's a ruthless guy who will do whatever it takes not to "lose" if it takes throw people under the bus or crushing competitors by any needs necessary.
Fox Mulder
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I think Bing is a good product. It's a solid search engine, does some things better than google actually, and has like 30% of market share if you add in yahoo's numbers with it. It's just that Google is so established that everyone uses it instead right now.
I'd hate to see companies surrender to google just because they're so entrenched right now. Google has done dumb shit recently with google+ and youtube changes, which has made the lack of real alternatives more apparent.