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Tag Archives: Microsoft
How much influence is Microsoft having on Nokia right now?
None. Ok, very little. Probably less that they were having before they concluded a deal for Microsoft to acquire Nokia’s device business. Why? It’s simple folks, anti-trust law. With the caveat that I’m not a lawyer let me explain the … Continue reading
Posted in Computer and Internet, Microsoft, Mobile, Windows Phone
Tagged Aquisition, Microsoft, Nokia, Nokia Lumia 2520
5 Comments
The Future of Microsoft – Part 2
What is Microsoft’s core problem? It missed both the consumer Smartphone and Tablet revolutions. And then on top of that it failed to provide a compelling path forward for its traditional PC business. So now it is struggling to recover … Continue reading
Posted in Computer and Internet, Microsoft
Tagged Microsoft, Microsoft CEO, Microsoft Future, Steve Ballmer
33 Comments
The Future of Microsoft – Part 1
Right after the announcement that Steve Ballmer would be retiring within the next year I was bombarded with emails asking if this meant that X or Y would be sold off, or as the subject of a friend’s email asked … Continue reading
Posted in Computer and Internet, Microsoft
Tagged Alan Mulally, Microsoft, Microsoft CEO, Microsoft Future, Steve Ballmer
13 Comments
Some things never change
As dramatic as the recently announced Microsoft reorganization is I think it likely that many core aspects of the company’s culture remain. In particular, while the centralization of product marketing should give it more coherence and top-level strategy influence the … Continue reading
First reaction on Microsoft’s reorganization
I’m not going to have a lot to say on the reorg for a few days as I want to let it sink in. Besides, my analysis in the previous two (pre-announce) blog entries hit pretty close to home. But … Continue reading
On org structures, goals, and metrics
@marypcbuk brought up an interesting point on Twitter: So my question about the Microsoft re-org; how much does it do to *incentivize* the co-operation Ms orgs so badly need? cc @halberenson — Mary Branscombe (@marypcbuk) July 9, 2013 I want … Continue reading
A key principle of Microsoft’s upcoming reorganization
A Microsoft reorganization does seem to be imminent. I don’t know how much weight to put on the rumors, but if there is any truth to them I think I’m picking up on a secondary theme to the “Devices and … Continue reading
Posted in Computer and Internet, Microsoft
Tagged Microsoft, Microsoft Reorg, Microsoft Reorganization
3 Comments
“Win Reviews”
Another review of a Microsoft product (or in this case service), another black eye. The most recent controversy is over Bing, but let’s face it, a lot of the problem with Windows 8 is how the preponderance of reviews didn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Computer and Internet, Microsoft, Windows
Tagged Bloggers, Microsoft, Reviews, Windows 8
65 Comments
Microsoft is, and deserves to be, judged by a different standard
The Microsoft Surface Pro went on sale yesterday and immediately sold out, leading many pundits and other observers to declare the launch a failure. Meanwhile the Surface RT has sold an unknown number of units (because Microsoft won’t reveal actual … Continue reading
Posted in Computer and Internet, Microsoft
Tagged Microsoft, Microsoft Surface Pro, Mirosoft Surface
21 Comments