The Windows store is full of *****. If the goal is a unified platform and therefore only on OS shared by all devices, then developers need not develop for "mobile." On the immediate, serious side though - without mobile, their hopes for growing the end user - UWP - developer ecosystem is now down to, what - low to middle end Windows "S" devices? We dared buying your phones! Well said, Jason, well said. Using Nadella Satya strengths to consolidate and expand the market position. Nadella Satya should just get out of these business areas and focus on strength and threats box , or on weakness and opportunities box. Maybe we need Bill Gates to lead microsoft again..I hate CEOs that try to show profit by downsizing rather than truly growng the business. "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. You just don't understand the difference between the 'patent' and 'operating system'. Windroid [andromeda OS for consumers]. the Dell's, HP, Asus, Acers,Lenovo's WILL engage because they will have the opportunity to break open (in the long run) a market that is now in the hands of a duopoly (Apple and Samsung). I had a chance to speak with developers on many occasions to urge them to do the relatively little work it required to create a Windows compatible app. Almost a complete rewrite of my app because, even using the components and methods Microsoft recommended, they managed to change everything from user interface to file data access the only thing that still worked was my core logic. 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! I fully expect Amazon to buy MS..sooner than later. If people aren't using Microsoft in their personal lives, it won't even enter their heads to use it in their commercial lives. Enter Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Nokia always built the best Windowsphones anyway. Published by HBR Publications. That marks a 10% increase compared to 2021. When they do have good ideas they are late to the market and other companies beat them to the punch. It's a shame as I'm heavily invested in the MS ecosystem, but it's quite obvious they are not interested in the consultation market. Now I'm left with an unfinished project and what future? abandon consumer market is a bad choose Heres a thought, why not sell Windowsphone to HDM or whoever bought Nokia. Bing is much more than just a website - it's the search infrastructure and tech at the heart of MS Cloud computing. Clearly Microsoft doesn't see it. You may want to try. I hope Nadella has jotted down a note to himself: Do not attempt to re-create Ballmer developers video. I mean for now they are great systems if you use OneDrive and windows 10 pc. What is Nadella going to do about this apparent lack of caring about consumers? "How long are you going to string your users along this time?" If they had demonstrated that resolve, maybe developers would have been more willing to feed an emerging market of users. Microsoft was plagued by the . I stuck with my 920 as long as I could (almost 3 years), hoping for MS to release something wothy. When Satya Nadella took over as CEO of Microsoft in 2014, he inherited a firm fading toward irrelevance, plagued by internal fights and inertia. You can create the worlds finished machine learning but if you are not getting the input from people on the most used devices then it will gradually lose traction to the devices people do use. and the world wide carriers will be afraid to deal with Microsoft smart phones under Satya Nadella's leadership. Not only is the phone going to die, but Win10 updates disable their own MS software. They just want a simple product/service which fulfils there dreams. Satya Nadella, chief executive officer said in . Tony Daltorio. Plus if they do come back withthe new OSI hope they don't get rid of the LIVE Tiles, but they need to have a setting forjust Icons for those people who do not likeLive Tiles. The only apparent certainty at this point is that Nadella cares ONLY about Microsoft's cloud services, and Andriod & iOS apps. On their mobiles. You cannot be trusted. People were hating SO hard on windows 8, but I could see where they are Going with it (in the future) and I was super excited. So the last part to me is the key, especially if you have had some initial success. I bought this phone a year ago brand new believing in Microsoft's promise on making those phones if no one else would and that they would invest in the universal app system. PayPal left, Mobile pay lef, weChat left, myfitnesspal left and spottify is on maintenance mode. Google assitant works pretty flawlessly responding to "OK google", unlike the inconsistentcy of "hey cortana" on my Idol. Satya Narayana Nadella (Telugu: , / n d l /; born 19 August 1967) is an Indian-American business executive. Consumers are NOT going to continue to buy from a company that consistently gives up and drops support. Groove was shut down (and even though they say they'll refund you 120% of outstanding value they're refusing to honor this with me as I have unused codes that have apparently "expired"- codes are valid though and the T&C's mention nothing about an export date). I agree, IBM now has declining revenue, because to the ordinary person, IBM has no relevance at all. Satya is just like this but on steroids. It's a given Nadella will continue to push Windows Azure and Office 365, where hes been instrumental in their impressive growth so far. No such action has been taken so I call BS on MS. HoloLens is cool and all but its not in consumers hands. Yea. that'll work. Nadella's job is to make Microsoft as profitable as possible, and I'm sure that he was under pressure from shareholders to cut the dead weight. Nadella rose steadily through the ranks of Microsoft management. This is the guy who wrote Nutella was a genius. I think part of the reason we stick around following window phone news as a hobby/passion is because we are constantly yearning for iterative improvements. They dabbled in PCs for a few years, but then got out. If there was one bone-head move in recent times I would reverse it would have been leaving HP out to dry. It seems you have the guts to take on things others don't. Im not sure its possible to rationalize the existing licensing schemes for on-premises software (Windows Server, Windows desktop, Office, and all the management tools and add-ons). It's Too Soon To Judge Satya Nadella | TechCrunch I was MS biggest cheer leader. In a new interview with CNN Business, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella defended the company's $480 million contract with the U.S. Army following employee backlash. Six challenges for Microsoft as the Satya Nadella era begins, His CEO speech: Reading between the software lines, New Microsoft CEO must focus on partners, too, What's next for the Microsoft insiders who didn't get the CEO nod. As a famous man once said, "the evidence is incontravertible." Look at Corvette. It's now over, and they will suffer the market consequences for many years to come. Third category is pure professionals. Apple has tried for decades to crack Enterprise and their desktop share hasn't moved. May also look into jumping to the Apple ecosystem because it all just works together like the Microsoft one used to. Now, years later, we hear how much the people in charge hated it. I say, it's never too late for Microsoft to put out a device and market it, as they should have been doing with previous devices, and it taking off. It was over when Google gave Android away for free and Microsoft kept charging for Windows Mobile. 1 October 17, 2022, 7:41 AM Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at the 2022 Yahoo Finance All Markets Summit on latest changes and growth in the tech industry. This is especially the case if you are not a technically minded person - which is 99% of the market. I mean what should force people to keep using Microsoft Office on the mini PCs of the future. yes you guessed correctly that is the smart phones that will be docked like you have seen with Continium. The world may not need a third ecosystem, but Microsoft needed to be that third ecosystem. I will say I diddefend the guy from time to time but now, after buying into the hardware and software game from Microsoft and then finding out later, they scrap it anyways. But they didn't do that. If I ever make the switch to another phone, I will share that, but I'm one tough customer to get to change over from something I bought for a reason and I don't see that reason in another product. So long Microsoft. That fanboy attitude also helped killing Windows Phones. But as noted by NOT having a precesence in Mobile with a OS that cleanly integrates into the PC, they are failing. Nadella's greatest weakness may be his lack of consumer market experience. The problem with the thinking by Nadella and company is that they just assume that MS can abandon a platform and its users and developers, and those people will then just circle in a "holding pattern" until the company announces their Next Big Thing. The providers didn't offer them, andwhen they finally didget some in stock, he employees knew nothing about them and actively discouraged anyone from buying them. 1. In fact, I would say Nadella and the Board are collectively insane. Fans, users, developers and enterprise users think long term. Movies and TV will be next. So is leaving some software out from,10 like gestures beta lol. . This adds one more reason why Microsoft struggles in consumers market. Apple has HomeKit, Google something similar, Alexa also interfaces with a host of other services. Consumers need free or less pricy option. The only app I use, besides MS apps, is WhatsApp, if that went I would have to leave as I have family and friends all round the world and they all use WhatsApp. There isn't a single company in the world that earns a dime by selling very cheap phones. Satya Nadella - Chairman and CEO - Microsoft | LinkedIn How much would it really cost to provide support for some company to continue W10M on a phone that it could sell at a profit? Articles from Britannica Encyclopedias for elementary and high school students. As a consumer, I am now no longer interested in MS apps or services, and am now figuring out whether to switch to Android (and Google's apps and services) or Apple. Sorry to tell him, to late. Let's also not forget to recognize Intel's inability to deliver a competitive x86 chip for mobile. Google Glass anyone? MS didn't have the foresight to see that they didn't have to sell the OS to monetize it. It is written by Herminia Ibarra, Aneeta Rattan, Anna Johnston and deals with topics in areas such as Organizational Development Leadership, Organizational culture time to get rid all my microsoft service. Ready??? It is good that he has regrets, but too little --. Building strategies based on consumer oriented product development and marketing approach. Got my first used Surface Pro 3 last year for recording music and drawing. Sorry, but that is just a lie. Facebook, Messenger, Line (in Taiwan, Japan), up coming iTunes, Netflix, Keeper, Instagram, TamperMonkey, Spotify, 8zip, etc. Google's main business model is the consumer. As developers we embrace new technologies, and most of us have spent much money and many hours learning it. Were already seeingsigns ofcommon sensein Office 365, wheresubscriber-based models are so much cleaner than the messy Office + Exchange on-premises licensing story. Android at the time was basically percieved as a touch version of symbian. That works out to 35M discounted (to free) phones. Even Youtube apps are fine on Lumia 950 XL. - Access to International Talent in Global Market One of the challenges Nadella Satya facing right now is limited access to high level talent market because of limited budget. Surface had a solid fourth quarter in 2013, taking in $893 million on revenue. It's pretty simple, we all dream about making it big and changing the world for the better or if you're a materialistic person, making alot of money. Enterprise is everything. As TechCrunch reported: Critically, Windows OEM revenue for the period only declined 3 percent, a figure that was cushioned by 12 percent more OEM revenue to commercial customers. Microsoft's CEO Satya Nadella is an example. the corporate policy has always been if we don't own the code we won't let you play on our devices. Almost always on their mobile - probably 99% of calls other than to other companies are made to, and received from mobiles. My #1 'Forever Dividend' Stock [sponsor] At EMBA PRO I'm a 20+ year developer, and I had three different windows phones for over 6 years. They only barely made double digits in a handful of places on cheap phones. I'm not bitter or angry - that takes too much energy - just a little heartbroken because I have to give up something I love. Again all available in people's pockets. Ah, forgive my little moment. Hi Bai, that's a valid point. If Google made a Google laptop running android with similar interface to Windows. MBA students will look at it for years to come. Developers may see it as a new platform, and knowing how MS dumped windows mobile, they are going to be afraid to put any work into software for andromeda, for fear it will be dumped a year or two down the road. Jason. noun Since the launch of Windows 10 I thought the good times for Microsoft were about to come, and I increased my faith with the idea of a promised Universal Windows Platform running on every device, including smartphones. MBA & EMBA programs. Besides it offers some features copied in the latest iPhone x. Spotyfi does not work at all on my Lumia 950 XL When starting, 5 dots passes over the screen for several minutes. I'm not worried about the hardware though. But then Microsoft came back to say "where shutting this service down - sorry about your DRM-laden purchases, bye now" and you said "well, I guess loving someone never means you have to say your sorry". F-YOU MS I'M DONE. They need to name and market it under a different moniker!!!! Maybe this is a way to come back with a mobile device! Top 60 Satya Nadella Quotes (2023 Update) - Quotefancy Nadella? Glad I left to jump onboard the Android platform. You're dreaming. It has experimented in various areas Leadership, Organizational culture. Cortana on WP was probably the best virtual assitant, rarely giving me any problems with what I needed. 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. I still think Windows Phone/Mobile was a better OS on the surface, and on iOS 11 and iPHone 8 I'm finally getting some features that I had on my 920 (wireless charging and email transcriptions to name a couple). The idea Microsoft may have folded now only to bring out something better in future has merit. Let native APK to run on Windows Mobile and Windows desktop. Because a tech company in 2017 without a mobile presence is not a tech company worth talking about. This is going to cost Microsoft very dearly, and I don't think they will ever recover from this. And silence for 2 years from MS, resulting in speculation everywhere, like the guy who wrote this article here. Not all at once but steadily. But the then take a heavy sweaty dump on not only the last of the loyal customer base, but ALSO the OEMs, proves that Nadella is basically going to be the end of MS as we know it and in a bad way. Windows Phone was great for a small amount of time but it failed all in all. Not much progress for all your efforts! Even that company has the major stake in that segment of the industry? If the Kin would've been a success, things might have turned out differently. In that space, utlizing something like AR, comes into play for people holding phones in their hand, scanning their environment. It is going to be about man with machines." For example, more will start use google docs and storage (due to integration with phone etc.) I see very very dark days ahead for Microsoft and guess what YOU DESERVE IT! Satya Nadella - Wikipedia ting Vit Thats Nadellas new problem. As people carry the more and more powerful smart phones in their hands and as they wil replace the common office computer this WILL means big trouble for Microsoft in the future. I highly doubt there were only 20 mil users seeing as I personally know loads who has bought into the Windows ecosystem with no input from me or someone like me. The Nokia deal is about to bring a huge chunk of new staff into Microsofts business roughly at the same time that it is picking up a new leader. Why did they not keep windows 8.1 for phones going, releasing new phones on that OS instead of 950 on windows 10? Do you even marketing bro? MWC: Microsoft's Satya Nadella on leadership qualities - CNBC James. And who know's if and when a Chrome o/s will suddenly pring up, hey? Dont piss off too many partners. Walk back the decision while you still can. In addition, HP footed the bill and GOT the HP Elite x3 "modified and certified" TO RUN ON VERIZON for a fall release!!! He adapted the idea to encourage employees to shift from Microsoft's historical "know-it-all" culture to embrace a "learn-it-all" curiosity. As people starts to use Android and Iphones Microsoft office is not the only choice their. I really don't want toeven though having imessage and facetime on my computer would be awesome, but I cannot stand the sewage that is MacOS. If Microsoft cedes ground to Amazon, or more precisely fails to grow its share of this market, it could harm its ability to promote its own software products, not to mention see a key new revenue source stagnate. Get an AMERICAN back in the job and DEPORT Satya. At one time, several years,ago, I read that Gartner or a large research firm "projected" that Windows Mobile would PASS Apple for #2 !!! Windows is famous for still being Windows even on a low end cheap as piece of plastic. It is a slow and sure death, and current management will leave the mess to their replacements. Sad times. I have not commented on an article here in such a long time! See my post above! I definitely did not replace my MS software with Google. So, large companies offset weak consumer demand, mostly. Weaknesses. Yeah, short term the shareholders are making money, but long term I think this could be the beginning to the end for Microsoft. So far, Microsoft has shown good momentum, but Nadella could find himself with a substitute product that cant generate as much cash as its predecessor. It was doomed to failure, and it did fail. Employees begin to question management commitment, and indirectly their own future. This is the way to go. Which they were supposed to use to build the best mobile platform. If this isn't just stupid IDK what is! Yeah, it's called hundred dollar bills. Wasted my 20 years loyalty. 7. So, if you can't re-model or create a market, you have to figure out how to survive in the market(s) that exist and that is what Nadella has done. all running on a appstore controlled by Microsoft. I think you only make money if you are number 1 so hence the Spotify alliance. This approach can lead to poor public relation and customer backlash. As is, whatever they do, they will do without OEM support at first, which could be tricky. All CTO, CIO, IT Directors, etc. HP would have felt the love and support they want and continued to develop the line in conjunction or beside the mythical Andromeda device as a more "phone like" iteration and a solid OEM partner would be there. Just a fool without vision and strategy thinking from day to day. Hell, I do too. But life has literally been moving and Windows 10 Mobile has almost stood still and now to the point of going away. Let's look at the last 5-7 years. And because of e-sim technology, OneCore etc. Nutella has been hitting refresh so often he must have developed the carpal tunnel syndrome. I think we will see the opposite now that mobile is king. (That means its a corporate-PR approved part of the official narrative.). Satya went for the cheap option. He has steered the company away from a. They seemingly consistently choose to be drunk on designed obsolescence to the nth degree, and people are catching on to it, and switching platforms as a result. Consumers? In this (WinPhone) case, hitting refresh is a good thing imo. I upgraded the OS to Windows 10 and much of the funcuality starting dropping off because Sony chose not to up date drivers for the systems they deserted. Huh. I recently went back to an iPhone 8, and will now likely never go back to Windows on a pocket device. According to Herminia Ibarra, Aneeta Rattan, Anna Johnston , it can also help in bringing the talent into domestic market and expanding into new areas Leadership, Organizational culture. I still see people in the subway with their iPhone 4. They think they cannot lose the enterprise space, but IBM thought that about OS/2. Once we turn our backs on Microsoft - no matter how hard that decision is to take - there won't be any going back, unfortunately. MS wake up!!! Keep the hardware division growing fast. Can someone from WC actually get a quick interview with this CEO? Satya Narayana Nadella ( ting Telugu: , / ndl /; sinh ngy 19 thng 8 nm 1967) l mt gim c iu hnh kinh doanh ngi M gc n . 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. It would significantly provide an assistance to avail the opportunities of the external business environment. I understand why people weren't happy with Ballmer. I had faith in this guy initially but now he doesn't seem like he's the kind of guy who should be leading a multi-billion dollar company. 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." Verizon sold Icons. Running a server in Windows Azure is already effectively Windows Server by subscription. A few apps on iOS and android will do nothing to change that as Microsoft become a forgotten company for the vast majority of users. What is taking shape now is that consumers are finally catching on that Microsoft within a short period of time gives up on hardware,for example Zune, Windows RT, Micosoft Band, and now Windows Phone. Your phone would become a Windows Pocket PC running UWP apps with the ability to make phone calls. Having a mobile device would have kept them in the game. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is the most successful CEO of the Tech And PC volume has been the savior of the Windows 8.x platform as it has slowly arranged its ducks in a row. On 16th June 2021, Nadella has been further appointed as the Executive Chairman of Microsoft, succeeding John W. Thompson. Pretty logic to me. Google can get into cloud services easily. On February 4, 2014, Nadella became CEO of Microsoft, the third person to hold the office in the companys nearly 40-year history, after company cofounder Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer. He had cynically deceived loyal fans of W10M. Back in 2006 subscribed after being a Tester of Windows Live OneCare for Microsoft, used that til 2009, which then was replaced by MSE while it detection rate was good at first, then not good, then started to get better again, feeling a little safer using Windows Defender lately as it's now tightly intergrated into Windows 8.1 and 10, so likely hood of them dropping it maybe less now. The general consensus seems to be mobile is an essential component to any future. In the countries where it had any market share to talk about it was gaining. The few million people who owned windows phones I guarantee were Microsoft's biggest fans. Literally any effing body can do that in his position. All their stated goals go out the window (pun intended) when they kill off pieces because it discredits their stated goals both internally and externally. MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY! I agree with much of what you said.and then Befiores comment.he must never have gone into any of the phone storesbecause during MOST of windows phones life (regardless of iteration), you could almost never find them in the storesor they were relegated to the back tiny corner with next to no supportand most of the folks in the store would either tell you bad thing about the phone (not truly knowing the truth or having any experience or training in the phopne whatsoever), or push you to either android or iPhones. Many of us are tired of being abused by a company that used us then left us hanging high and dry. If theysee Google and Apple apps/hardware/software everywhere, people are not going to buy Microsoft. And partial credit goes to Windows Central, WinBeta too. Some notable recommendations from Microsoft CEO is the book called Mindset, by Carol S. Dweck. "We have to get past what we describe as 'productivity . SInce Nadella seems to be incapable of grasping the strategic environment he finds himself in given the context of the tech industry, let me put this in retail termsit's 2005 and Google is Walmart, Apple is Target, and Microsoft is Sears. I feel like they believe they're the trend setters of the industry and everybody will just follow them. Satya is writing his own book - Hit Refresh. He was lured away from Sun in 1992 to join Microsoft, where he initially worked on the development of Windows NT, a landmark operating system that was aimed primarily at business users. What will this all mean to Continuum? Explain me how developers could have ever been motivated to create new apps for the platform after Nadella sold the complete mobile department to Foxxconn in 2015, not making any new model since Nadella is known for his leadership style, which emphasizes empathy, innovation, and a long-term focus. Microsoft did the same thing. After all that there's a board shake up and we get Apotheker as head. I think MS has decided to maintain a strong footprint in games (XBox, PC) to ensure every so many years there are unique games that go with Xbox releases to differentiate from Sony. Also I hope it is clear that MS has moved on from Mobile focus they now want to catch up with the supposedly next big thing. Probably then he would pay attention and his bottom line would change Amd that of his short term investors. Sure, the US wasn't one of those but who cares, parts of the EU were huge, Brazil also if I recall correctly and a few other places. To get developers, they would have needed 25% or more at least, and users that spend money in the app store. According to Herminia Ibarra, Aneeta Rattan, Anna Johnston , Nadella Satya needs fundamental changes to business model rather than cosmetic changes. LOL, the only thing worth copying from a Lumia was the camera technology. Microsoft's CEO Has the Smartest Social Media Strategy I've Ever Seen Why didn't it affect worldwide numbers at all? No idea. Percentages do not tell you the whole story. But why not as long as Microsoft keep raking in the $$$. But there are no wow factor you put into the phone.. And finally, it has been an assumption that Nadella will have full avail of Microsofts cadre of executive vice presidents. As Microsoftenters the Nadella era, its a sprawling company with some tremendously successful divisions and some fundamental challenges. Microsoft had one drink too many and roughed your checkbook up a little. Satya Nadella Height, Weight, Age, Body Statistics - Healthy Celeb But he had passion and he truly seemed to care about Microsoft. There should be no tears shed for a company that does not need the consumers! EXCELLENT POINT, I completely agree!!! Now time to guarantee their devices on point of sale. 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.