Albeit without the use ahem salty language lol. With MS targeting enterprise and neglecting individual consumers, I just can't see them staying relevant. There is no recovering from this. They get Fat, Dumb, and Happy and the executives spend all their time in-fighting for their personal goals and spend much more time and money trying to LOCK their consumers into their product than expanding the products flexibility and usefulness. They should have kept alive the Windows 10 Mobile until they will be releasing the next big thing. More than when Windows Mobile was changed to Window Phone 7, then 8, 8.1, then 10. (See Gene Wilder in The Producers.). Enterprise? And here we are again. They are better off waiting 10-15 years to appease the next generation of consumers and developers who have no history of being let down a dozen times. So long Microsoft. Love their outlook, and onenote but changes needed. HoloLens? But I also use Ableton Live 9 and I tried Reaper software too. Why even would they drop the already established product? This almost-great Raspberry Pi alternative is missing one key feature, This $75 dock turns your Mac Mini into a Mac Studio (sort of), Samsung's Galaxy S23 Plus is the Goldilocks of Smartphones, How the New Space Race Will Drive Innovation, How the metaverse will change the future of work and society, Digital transformation: Trends and insights for success, Software development: Emerging trends and changing roles, constitute less than 1 percent of all shares, acting head of the server and enterprise group, reporting to Nadella. It is a slow and sure death, and current management will leave the mess to their replacements. Windows 8.x fails to garner significant tablet market share, despite updates. While actual revenue from direct OS purchase may not be as impressive market share matters. Hell, I do too. Windows 10 has the numbers and we see new good quality apps appearing in the store on a daily basis. But as I think, it's not too late, there is still chance of Plan C, which is to fork Android (AOSP) from scratch and have consumers, carriers and OEMS happy because there is no app gap anymore. Surface had a solid fourth quarter in 2013, taking in $893 million on revenue. So, MS, wake up. I also felt pretty betrayed owning am Xbox One original. So I shall party ans rock hard on with my beloved Lumia 950 XL until then at least. Maybe it's a symptom of their hiring practices and cost cutting, but too many people who work at MS don't actually like the company. After groove and the W10 mobile announcement I ordered my Pixel and have moved everything over to Google. The successful organizations such as Nadella Satya are the one who able to predict market trends better than others, provide resources to develop products and services to leverage those trends, able to counter competitors threats, and meet customers expected value proposition. Theres obvious resistance from customers who prefer the control of "owning" local installations even when their software goes hopelessly out of date and becomes a security nightmare. I don't blame Nadella as much as I blame Ballmer. Sad times. Yes, I am a disgruntled Microsoft phone owner who paid a premium price for a premium phone and is getting shafted by Microsoft once again. I will never trust Microsoft again in the mobile area. This is going to cost Microsoft very dearly, and I don't think they will ever recover from this. I had one for grarage band, but I could not stand OSX. In a recent interview, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said he failed, multiple times, to remain committed to consumers who have shown a commitment to Microsoft. I know there were major issues, but these little things improve daily life of the end user And that's what matters. That was more true in the 1980's than it is today. If people start to use other software than Microsoft Office on those Android phones and Iphones then well then Microsoft is actually tottally irrelevant on the smartphones and hence really out of the bit data business in the smart phone business. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. And finally, it has been an assumption that Nadella will have full avail of Microsofts cadre of executive vice presidents. They left for Android. Even the iphone needed a reboot every week or two. What will this all mean to Continuum? MS was not in the position to deliver half-baked stuff at that time. Do you know what 8.1 brought for me? Microsoft did the same thing. Now I'm left with an unfinished project and what future? This is a more general risk, but a portion of Microsofts recovery thus far is due to macroeconomic conditions outside of its control. The most distructive piece of their abandoning product lines is the internal piece. This has been the stated direction of MS since Bill Gates annouced his vision 20+ years ago. I still kinda hoped from afar all these years. At a time when Chromebooks are getting popular they should not abandon the lower end or middle of the market. I'm getting off track), updated features. As you rightly point out, Jason, "eradicating" Windows phones and their ngegative perception was paramount to "hitting refresh". Ask Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, what the most pressing problems are that he is working to solve right now and he will give you two answers. Windows is famous for still being Windows even on a low end cheap as piece of plastic. I definitely did not replace my MS software with Google. I don't see AR/VR/MR/whateverR becoming much of a universal platform. I suspect it will be announced at the right time (not a second earlier) and it will definitely be oriented at corporate use and prosumers. Any good "global survey experts" on this thread? Managing desktop and server and client access licenses is enough to make even the most diligent accountant break into a cold sweat and grab his security blanket. I must say I have enjoyed using windows phone but now it is causing a huge disappointment and frustration. I am currently in the process of selling my 3 Windows Phones, XBox One, Surface Laptop and Band and I will be switching over to another OS and believe you me I will NOT be downloadiing any apps or software that is associated with Microsoft and I hope many many others follow suite. The main problem here is that people can actually find free substitutes for those. It happpened to IBM, Sears, GE, GM, Kodak, BestBuy, Polaroid, and a host of others. Since taking the top job, he doubled down on artificial intelligence (A), social networking and cloud computing, while pushing the firm to become more collaborative, innovative and customer focused. "Leaders think their . Nonetheless, ValueAct was persistent enough to earn a seat on the Microsoft corporate board, which it will occupy next month. For once I would like to hear a tech journalist that focuses on Microsoft products ask that one question. The dual SIM system is great for when I travel it allows me to separate which contact I call on which SIM. \'he\'s got strong preferences,\' says satya. Nokia, when whole, was not a particularly profitable company. I am staying with my April 2017 Lumia 950XL (UK) till it no longer works. Sure Cortana is available on the PC, but where is the Cortana IoT integration? Yeah, it's called hundred dollar bills. For example, more will start use google docs and storage (due to integration with phone etc.) If Nokia X, Astoria and iOS Bridge would have the attention they deserverd, today we would see OEMs selling Microsoft's mobile OS capable of running Bank applications, Airline ticket applications, Snapchat, Youtube, etc. Watch on. For the company to completely ignore the passionate pleas from people on this site who merely want to use their products on a mobile device shows arrogance and contempt. They cut down every interesting product. After moving to the United States, he completed (1990) a masters degree in computer science at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee and went to work at Sun Microsystems, Inc., as a member of its technology staff. I have no doubt Microsoft will be successful long-term, but Nadella is morphing the Microsoft DNA completely away from consumer-facing products & services, and probably also away from front-end Enterprise products & services, concentrating strictly on cloud-base services and back-end infrastructure at the internet level. I hate Apple with a passion but even I am starting to think about throwing in the towel on Microsoft. I am with the Windows ecosystem because that is what my desktops and laptops are. Genius! Their exclusivity killed windows phone. Hi All He needs plenty of energy and motivation to face his busy day. At EMBA PRO I think we will see the opposite now that mobile is king. Zain Nadella, 26, was born with cerebral palsy. I use/have android and iOS devices and I have to say I prefer the 950. So Nutella just let down windows phone to focus on developping a bunch of Skype bots that nobody talk with? A fan and loyalist since the first Samsung Focus, I'm not sure what to think of any potential refresh. He obviously had a plan and in hindsight not a good one. "People often ask how it's going," said Nadella. basically anyone on Windows was using MS services, so transfer to new product which would not be compatible with old system would be easy for them. Jason Ward's influential writing might just be the snap of the fingerMicrosoft need to wake up out of the anti consumer mobilestate of consciousness. Enterprise customers experience real pain every day thanks to Microsofts unbelievably complex licensing rules, which are practically sadistic. One of the most amusing and disturbing anecdotes that Satya Nadella likes to tell about himself is this one, which hes repeated several times now. It will go a long, long way. Unfortunately, its the personal equivalent of a longstanding corporate flaw at Microsoft, which (sometimes) enthusiastically launches products before theyre ready, then loses interest or dramatically shifts gears a few years later. hits the nail on the head. Windows is a mess. The Surface Phone has been promised for YEARS! I ser they are lagging behind at least 12 months on the back log, despite the current rs3 and 4 roadmap. Microsoft reported, for example, thatOffice 365 Home Premium has collected 3.5 million subscribers during its most recent earnings call. They only barely made double digits in a handful of places on cheap phones. Nadella Satya should just get out of these business areas and focus on strength and threats box , or on weakness and opportunities box. In 1988, Satya completed his bachelor's degree at Manipal Institute in electronic engineering. The 920,1020 were some of the most talked about sp(smartphone) on themarket during that time. Guess which is going to win mindshare and therefore developer attention? Apple sells that many in 6 months, and Apple is #2. "Everybody is waking up and saying leadership and management and technological excellence go together." I mean for now they are great systems if you use OneDrive and windows 10 pc. Oh yeah, and for that little rat-faced Belifiore, it's outrageous that a company like MS announces it is killing off Windows Mobile in a buried response in a Tweet! Unfortunately, some folk didn't realize the piece actually addressed all of UWP, not just mobile, The man had more than two choices. Edge is complete rubbish, Bing doesn't compare to Google for search. Not even Chinese. But then Microsoft figured - it's just a couple of hundred bucks down the crapper, I mean, you've already stood by me through so much. It is good that he has regrets, but too little --. Whether consumers are willing to buy those devices has thus far been a mixed bag. It's great for all of us that Satya makes a sad during his Glorious Book Tour through the Clouds and feels sort of bad for leaving everyone in the lurch. Glad I'm not one of them because after year one he needed to be fired or put back in charge of the cloud department and someone else put in charge! There are many companies in the world that sell software for more than 20 billion dollars (including Microsoft). With MSFT once spearheading this path it has let many of us to a cul-de-sac. ButI would prefer not to (always) support the Apple fan-club thing or Google's super focus on ads and selling private data. "I did not get why the world needed the third ecosystem in phones, unless we changed the rules." Nadella is synonymous with the cloud for a reason. Go ahead and pull the arm of the compting slot machine and cross your fingers. On consumer devices, the cost of a license is going to have to drop dramatically. I've been on Android for a year now, full time since the S8 came out. After the 3rd, 4th 5th time they get it wrong, I'm sure you would write off that place from getting your money and time, because they clearly can't or don't care about your service. In a recent report on shifting workplace attitudes, the Microsoft CEO commented that some bosses are skeptical of work-from-home culture, reports Windows Central. Professionally I have already been seeing a shift away from business even requesting MS products just for that reason and less interest in MS products when I propose them to clients. If Microsoft doesn't have a consumer precense then employees would need to keep track of two ecosystems instead of one meaning more work and complexity. But I do think it would help for microsoft to look broadly at the extensive feedback, and get the back log of insider feedback going. Microsoft should build its own variant of Android in same way Amazon did with Fire OS. The company has focused its efforts in the future of the cloud and 3D business based on other platforms like android and iOS, leaving behind its own platform and what is trending in today business. Massive announcements regarding things like this being dribbled out, half way, in Tweets -- and by someone who is not the head of the company? I think that a key weakness that is rarely discussed . What a joke. Prior to that, Nadella was Microsoft EVP of the cloud and enterprise group. By unifying the underlying core, Microsoft was on the cusp of branching it all together but we all know what happened, the decisions, miss steps and burned bridges is why we do not have a thriving UWP developmental uptake. I read once that it was estimated that over 100,000,000 (100 million) WINDOWS MOBILE PHONES have been sold over the life time of Windows Mobile. Nadella grew up in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad and studied electrical engineering at Mangalore University (B.Sc., 1988). This tactic can work on mobile by allowing Project Astoria to be resurrected. I always changed phone carriers just to get my hands on the latest Windows Phone. Now, MS is no longer a inovative company. @Sean D. I completely agree. It doesn't matter which is the best (it never has, e.g. By completely ceding this space, Microsoft is in effect abandoning personal computing. last updated August 12, 2020. (I know that is carcastic, but there is a bit of truth therein) There was no commitment to follow through. I was MS biggest cheer leader. Sounds alot like myself Matt. Right now Microsoft's future technologies are orphaned. Satya Nadella is a CEO who was born in India. How likely are you to continue to believe and trust the Microsoft ecosystem"? Windows Phone just worked, but with each release they took away more and more features and broke other ones. And devs don't care for users that buy 100$ phones. So I have to bring an extra MP3 player when traing next year? Along with this significant shift in product focus, Nadella also set expectations around how he wanted the Microsoft leadership cultureand, therefore, the culture of the organizationto shift. So here's my planI'm going to get Panos to build the best goddam phone he can, and I'm going to make sure we upgrade it every year. They sat on the old Windows Mobile WAY too long with no innovation after the iPhone and Android had taken off, established their stores and ecosystems for apps. " Be passionate and bold. Like many of you, I've defended this platform relentlessly. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella received just below $55 million worth of compensation in 2022. The thing that frustrates me the most about this is how the company was so secretive about its vision for Windows on phones; or lack thereof. I will watch and see! exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. Huh. Those are very different things, actually they have nothing in common. Maybe what MS really needs is a complete corporate leadership flush out. I could use Cortana to set reminders, appointments, whatever on either my phone or PC, and my PC or phonewould remind me. It doesn't make any sense to support something useless anymore. except MSFT doesn't care about its own loyal users, with many of them switching to Android now. Time to focus, man. Satya Nadella and his leadership team impressively executed the significant cultural change efforts. But it that is true, why did they kill Groove? Employees begin to question management commitment, and indirectly their own future. Mobile is not the biggest software market in the world. Probably then he would pay attention and his bottom line would change Amd that of his short term investors. Apple is an amazing system for user interface . They aren't accountable for their mistakes or give clear messages as to which direction they are going in. I was a young father of a little girl when I left and she's almost ready for kindergarten. like most CEOs who just ride the wave and make up BS as things change around them to try to keep the share price humming Nadella is the same. Satya Nadella is an Indian-American business executive who is best known for being the executive chairman and CEO of Microsoft.Before becoming CEO, he served as the executive vice president of the cloud and enterprise group of Microsoft.Satya has been the recipient of honors like the Financial Times' "Person of the Year", Fortune magazine's "Businessperson of the Year", and CNBC . What "unlock shareholder. However, that was during a quarter in which Microsoft spent heavily on advertising for the two new devices it had just launched. It's not that Nadella lacks an ego, and the robust financial results his company has racked up give him undeniable bragging rights. While a Surface Phone would have me interested, to think the percentage of people who would care is above the 3% (if that), would be a dream. To be plain, Nadellas new role is one of the hardest, if not the hardest, jobs in technology. Google Glass anyone? And it looks to me like a huge mistake. They stupidly justified every move of Microsoft instead of criticizing it. HoloLens is cool and all but its not in consumers hands. What current management fails to get is that they are focused on sub-optimization. F-YOU MS I'M DONE. They tried social twice, android wear is a joke (Samsung, Fitbit, and Garmin rule with their own OSes), they failed at their first hardware division, and so on. Advertisers don't care either, you'll get one dime a click for them. Right now the average Joe might see AI as Siri, Google now, and Alexa. "Well-being is one of the most important pieces of productivity management 2. Anything you think Ive missed? They dominate in the iPhone That is it. It is so hard to watch Microsoft go down this path, the only redemption for this fanbase is a hero product in spring, I used to hold my breath for that stuff, not any more. sell high end phones at mid range prices) in an attempt to encourage adoption. And yeah, Europe has long ceased to be the center of the universe. No big deal. Very few. Phones are similarly an essential component in having a consumer-focused business it should have been pursued doggedly, even at the losses it was accruing. Without a mobile platform of their own their future is limited if not over. MS has to get into mobile to stay relevant - even with business WP had no developer to speak of and there was 0% chance of it ever challenging Android oriOS. PLEASE SET UP A "SURVEY" with both Are you upset that Satya Nadella is abandoning Windows Mobile? My step sister's husband works for Microsoft, and he was stunned to hear I still owned a WP! Frankly, he does not understand the "Consumer Space" AT ALL (at least now he admits it.) Me too. "My response is very eastern: We're making great progress, but we should never be done."1 The "lost decade" Just 17 days after founder and technical whizz Bill Gates handed over the reins to Steve Ballmer in 2000, the stock market crashed. The Universal Windows App system would be a great method for providing that frredom of choice if security is your primary concern then choose less apps and greater security choices. Laptop, Tablets and network Servers. Look I'm a fan, I was there, through it all, but this last one. is the last one. There has been a presumption that XP users would make the switch. It's sad really. The worst enemy of Microsoft could be inside the company, and because of that is mandatory for all employees to be re-evaluated, to measure their degree of commitment with Microsoft's goals. When he took the helm in 2014, he noted a critical company weakness: Microsoft didn't know how to social. They aren't the only ones. Amazon does it. But it is possible to enforce some sanity in the transition from licensed software tosubscription services. MS has very deliberately started funneling their fans to other platforms this past week and it's very upsetting because I truly love and enjoy Windows Mobile and have used a variation of it for the past 10+ years. Here are 5 insights Nadella shared throughout their discussion that illustrate leadership qualities within the changing workplace. Obviously this has to be asked and displayed PROMINENTLY. MSFT seems to be telegraphing very clearly that they feel Windows will be dead in less than 10 years and they are moving the company in the direction to ensure survival in a post-Windows world. Market share just did not justify the expenditure for developers. Here in the UK, Aviva uses an app to do just that, so safer drivers have lower insurance premiums. Exactly! I'm much less up on news now because the lack of live tiles which would update automagically thruout the day. As a famous man once said, "the evidence is incontravertible." Lastly sort out new tabs in edge so they open up to the users home page or and page of choice. Before becoming CEO, he was the executive vice president of Microsoft's cloud and . All except Surface Pros have been ditched by MS. MS cons consumers into investing in its ecosystem then dumps them a year or two later. What really hurts is that people buy what they know. Then what? Unfortunately Microsoft's lack of focus and inability to market thier own product made this deal seem like a precieved desparate move instead of taking full adavntage of this opprtunity. abandon consumer market is a bad choose Heres a thought, why not sell Windowsphone to HDM or whoever bought Nokia. Satya Nadella replaced billionaire Steve Ballmer as Microsoft CEO in 2014. That made the other carriers apprehensive to carry and push Windows phones, yes? @cryio.My son has autism. On top of that, all of Apples 100 million phones sold in 6 months are still in use 2 years later. I'm a 20+ year developer, and I had three different windows phones for over 6 years. Falling growth is anathema to such dotage. Even with this entire WM10 debacle we never got a clear statement aside from tweets from Joe, nor did we get any sort of apology for leading consumers on. They will have to do something really convincing to keep me from drifting way. What was left was probably fixable to an extent. The party has lasted for more than a decade and rollback from Fed can result in huge interest costs for Nadella Satya. hprbl/ Give consumers less pricy OS. It wouldn't be that hard for a company with massive cash reseeves to get, what, 150 to 200 top apps and games. They should have kept it going until they had something else to offer verus, "whelp we're pulling the plug, go give your money to someone else and we hope you'll like whatever we bring out in the future, IF we decide to bring it out." But neither has Windows on PC, albeit some can run it. Strengths are the Nadella Satya capabilities and resources that it can leverage to build a sustainable competitive advantage in the marketplace. Until now Microsoft has let all their phone users down. The launchers and Cortana they came out with on Android are nice, but they didn't even bother to properly integrate Cortana into the launcher. At least I have noticed this and I was researching and then found out like Media agenciesgetpaid for biased news. They are Personal Computers that happen to make phone calls. Here are some of Satya Nadella's recommended books from the past that are also worth reading. - Increase in Consumer Disposable Income Nadella Satya can use the increasing disposable income to build a new business model where customers start paying progressively for using its products. no. 7. Ok, Jason. Nadella has been a technical, "Big Iron" guy his entire career. Always keep learning. I just got my android phone and my subscription to WPS office. And if I had an Xbox that would be on Craigslist tonight. Though AR and voice-controlled computing may be a big part of our future, the phone is still going to be the bridge to that future. And silence for 2 years from MS, resulting in speculation everywhere, like the guy who wrote this article here.
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