Saving Microsoft(raizlabs.com)
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Saving Microsoft
http://www.raizlabs.com/graiz/2013/09/30/saving-microsoft/
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Last time I checked MS was still making the big money
Surface/2 = fail, Windows phone/mobile = fail, Ballmer left, XBox big brother/bad timing fail, now known to have been working with NSA first to help access user data of privately bought/installed systems since at least early-mid 90s = fail, Windows 8 = fail.
Yes, they are making lots of money, but the shark was jumped long ago, and we are in Joanie Loves Chachi-land now (2 Happy Days references for you there). I think it is perfectly reasonable to start armchair quarterbacking to try to influence the new CEO.
Yes, they are making lots of money, but the shark was jumped long ago, and we are in Joanie Loves Chachi-land now (2 Happy Days references for you there). I think it is perfectly reasonable to start armchair quarterbacking to try to influence the new CEO.
All other companies (especially US based ones, which are almost all) are involved in the whole NSA thing. Surface 1 wasn't successful yes, can't tell about 2. Windows 8 sales aren't bad on desktop, let's wait how surface 2 does. Windows Phone doing better and better (yes, after really lame start).
I am not saying MS is doing everything right or didn't make mistakes but they are (slowly) learning and adopting. And since it's Microsoft they have a long breath.
I am not saying MS is doing everything right or didn't make mistakes but they are (slowly) learning and adopting. And since it's Microsoft they have a long breath.
You are calling the XBox One a failure before it has even launched, which reminds me fondly of everyone who called the 360 a failure before it had even launched.
Well 360 was a failure. They had the cards stacked in their favor and managed to snatch tie straight out of the jaws of victory.
> What if something like this was the purpose and vision for Microsoft?
They need to combine what they are good at while still focusing on what made them.
1. The XBox was a success, prior to big brother concerns about the One. They need to get back to basics: the fastest and best technlogy and the best games.
2. Their OS and enterprise apps were mostly a success, prior to cloudification (or SAAS-ification) and mobile. They failed at mobile and need to cut their losses and go back to focusing on desktop/server systems.
3. .Net and C#/VB.net and their development ecosystem has been a success. They should continue this, enterprise product lines and development support.
4. Office was a success, prior to cloudification. They should go back to software and focus on usability.
5. Things to drop/split off/sell to gain focus: Bing, Windows Mobile, any hardware, software, or services unrelated to the top 4 above.
There is something that I think brings some of these together: home automation. Not cloudified home automation, but developing an OS that supports it that is capable of running without a net connection. People need to believe and understand that it is not big brother watching from the NSA. They could buy up existing home automation companies and maybe a security company or two to get a hold of the market and be able to take advantage of much of the technology they have developed so far. They could utilize Kinect technology and their Windows OS tech to run it. By running the home, they serve the apps and licenses from there as well, completely removed from the net if desired- just a local network.
The vision would be "Microsoft enables products that your family uses so that you can be free, happy, safe and secure."