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Satya Nadella Appointed Microsoft CEO as Bill Gates Shifts from Chairman to 'Technology Advisor'

This is the guy responsible for almost tripling our SQL Server licensing costs and, as a direct result, changing the way we deploy database servers.

Funny that when the Microsofties came to do their dog and pony show to announce the changes, their second slide basically said "we're still cheaper than Oracle."
 
Well a software engineer at the helm again seems like a good thing.

bryanescuela said:
Interesting Mac rumor....
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Come on, iPhone rumors aren't Mac rumors. This concerns Apple as well since MS is one of their main competitors. It's not like every MS event is reported.
 
firedept said:
Wow Gates stepping down. That is big news. I hope this will be even better for his foundation now that he will have some more time hopefully to devote to it.
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You should read the news again: Gates is stepping down as Chairman, but at the same time he will spend MORE TIME at Microsoft as TECHNOLOGY ADVISER.

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bryanescuela said:
Interesting Mac rumor....
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Microsoft has a Mac division. And a CEO change at Microsoft is certainly more newsworthy than a new Angry Birds release for iOS...
 
Great news!

A new CEO that knows the company and what he's doing. I think he'll bring MSFT back to where it needs to be in 3-5 years.

Gates stepping down from board and up within the company is great. He can put more of his insight back into the company. And also put the rest of his time into the foundation.
 
Iconoclysm said:
WTH? Microsoft went after Enterprise Services 15 years ago...and certainly didn't abandon the PC in doing so.
The mantra of the company is now Devices and Services, that should tell you enough.
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Microsoft only changed the old mantra of "one PC on every desk" because they realized, that software alone isn't enough anymore. The lock-in with Windows as the all-dominating OS, pushing other Microsoft software along with it, isn't working as it used to. The new mantra "devices and services" only means Microsoft wishes to become more like Apple and Google a.k.a successful in mobile.

Now the new CEO isn't a "product guy" either, so there is no reason to believe, he will be any more successful with selling Nokia and Surface hardware than Balmer was. And Microsofts mobile OS is running mostly on its own hardware. The rest of the world is running some form of Linux. Microsofts consumer services are also tied to its operation system and therefore to its hardware sales.

Microsoft is losing the end-user and this trend most likely will continue under changing CEOs, because there is no Steve Jobs to return to the company. Microsofts remaining strength is with enterprise customers and that is the business they will end up with, whether they like it or not.
 
Unggoy Murderer said:
He was the guy who lead the teams that pulled most of Microsofts services online. Think of him as the father of Azure.
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The hope is that we will think of him as the guy who is leading Microsoft back to being the most powerful and most influential IT company that drives the innovation in many key areas.

He certainly will not try to turn Microsoft into another Apple - this guy is a techie, he has more vision than that, and he knows that Microsoft's strengths are elsewhere.

In the next months, it will be very interesting again to watch what Microsoft is doing.
 
The big news (if it really is news) is that they chose a company insider. That, together with Gates becoming somewhat more involved with the company than he's been in a decade, tells us that fundamentally Microsoft does not see a need to alter their formula. So, the question is: does anyone outside of Microsoft agree?
 
Good for Apple...

it is bad news for Apple that Mr Ballmer has been replaced with talent. The good news for Apple is that Mr Gates is going to "help" Mr Nadella. That might be enough to keep Apple on top.
 
Winni said:
The hope is that we will think of him as the guy who is leading Microsoft back to being the most powerful and most influential IT company that drives the innovation in many key areas.
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Driving innovation by copying other companies business models. Here is hoping that Microsoft will never again have power or influence over anything. We don't need another Zune.
He certainly will not try to turn Microsoft into another Apple - this guy is a techie, he has more vision than that, and he knows that Microsoft's strengths are elsewhere.
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Microsoft already is another Apple, after buying Nokia they are an integrated software and hardware phone and tablet company. They are just not very good at it. Also with Bing! search and maps they are another Google, also not very successful.
In the next months, it will be very interesting again to watch what Microsoft is doing.
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Everything at Microsoft takes at least 18 months to happen. So nothing in the next few months.
 
firedept said:
Wow Gates stepping down. That is big news. I hope this will be even better for his foundation now that he will have some more time hopefully to devote to it.
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If he's spending 3 days/week at Microsoft to spend more time on product development, I think he'll be spending a lot less time at the foundation. Who knows, it could be just PR smoke to reassure investors.
 
PJL500 said:
it is bad news for Apple that Mr Ballmer has been replaced with talent. The good news for Apple is that Mr Gates is going to "help" Mr Nadella. That might be enough to keep Apple on top.
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Because Apple was at the top while Gates was in charge, right?

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Gudi said:
Driving innovation by copying other companies business models. Here is hoping that Microsoft will never again have power or influence over anything. We don't need another Zune.
Microsoft already is another Apple, after buying Nokia they are an integrated software and hardware phone and tablet company. They are just not very good at it. Also with Bing! search and maps they are another Google, also not very successful.
Everything at Microsoft takes at least 18 months to happen. So nothing in the next few months.
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They're going to be getting Windows 8.1 update 1 and plans for 9 out the door in the next couple months. I'd hardly say they're not going to do anything in the next couple months. Or do you think they've been sitting on their hands waiting for the announcement?
 
Razeus said:
Good luck. Hopefully you'll stop being late to everything and bring better products and services outside of your main, stagnant trio (Windows, Office, Server).
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Office is superior in every way to any other suite out there. Pages and whatever the other crappy apps are called are just a far cry from usable in a work environment and the same goes for GoogleDocs which are buggy as hell (like everything Google makes that is not Google Search it seems).

Windows whether you like it or not, is the primary OS used across the business sector (perhaps with the exception of creative design).

It has its power niches, just like Apple.
 
Winni said:
The hope is that we will think of him as the guy who is leading Microsoft back to being the most powerful and most influential IT company that drives the innovation in many key areas.

He certainly will not try to turn Microsoft into another Apple - this guy is a techie, he has more vision than that, and he knows that Microsoft's strengths are elsewhere.

In the next months, it will be very interesting again to watch what Microsoft is doing.
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Not months, give him years. You can't turn around one of the biggest companies on the planet in months, lol.
 
Michael Goff said:
Because Apple was at the top while Gates was in charge, right?

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They're going to be getting Windows 8.1 update 1 and plans for 9 out the door in the next couple months. I'd hardly say they're not going to do anything in the next couple months. Or do you think they've been sitting on their hands waiting for the announcement?
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I hope they get the 8.1 update out. My IT department doesn't want me to upgrade to 8.1 until the update comes out. So I'm still on Windows 8. POC!
 
Gudi said:
So this is Microsoft following IBM in abandoning the PC and going for enterprise services?

Certainly not the average PC user.
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There are a crap ton of services that everyone uses that are built on Azure and .NET
 
Michael Goff said:
I was making a sarcastic comment based on the concept that "having Gates still there" will be enough to "keep Apple on top".
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I'm not going to defend that concept exactly, but I will go back to my original comment, which is that Microsoft has taken the insider route to remaking itself. This tells me that they really don't see the need for much remaking. What this means for Apple is anybody's guess, but I don't see it as a good thing for Microsoft.
 
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