From the NY Times: "The Windows era at Microsoft, long in eclipse, is officially history. Microsoft said on Tuesday that it was splitting up its Windows engineering team and that the leader of its Windows business was leaving."
Microsoft is ready for a world beyond Windows
"We want to move from people needing Windows to choosing Windows, to loving Windows. That is our bold goal," said Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella three years ago. At the time, Microsoft was unveiling more details about Windows 10, and surprising people with technologies like the HoloLens headset. It was an exciting time of opportunity and optimism that had Microsoft betting on people loving Windows so much that Windows 10 would be running on 1 billion devices within three years. Neither wager worked out — which is fine, because Windows as we know it is no longer critical to Microsoft's future success.
Microsoft announced a new reorganization yesterday. It's the fourth major shuffle inside the company over the past five years, and the most significant of Nadella's tenure. Microsoft is splitting Windows across the company, into different parts. Terry Myerson, a 21-year Microsoft veteran, is leaving the company and his role as Windows chief. The core development of Windows is being moved to a cloud and AI team, and a new team will take over the "experiences" Windows 10 users see like apps, the Start menu, and new features. There's a lot of shuffling going on, but Nadella's 1,300 word memo leaves little doubt over the company's true future: cloud and AI.
(Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday March 31 2018, @02:44AM (8 children)
I disagree. Microsoft went to the cloud and with spectacular results. Hold on, I have to take a piss. Uh, I took a fat piss, and that was awesome, but MS saw what was coming and they did a good job with their Office360.
They made a very smart move with their cross-platform jump. It sucks when you're on-platform because of all the bugs but they saw what was coming and handled it nicely. Great move, Microsoft.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday March 31 2018, @02:55AM (6 children)
You do make a point. After all, idiot CEO's are dedicing to move to Office365. My computer at work was pushed to update last night. Derp-a-derp - all our shits is in da CLOUD! What could possibly go wrong? Christ, I want to puke.
Do you think NSA, FBI, and the other alphabets are moving to Office365?
(Score: 2) by takyon on Saturday March 31 2018, @03:05AM
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/publicsector/announcing-the-new-aws-secret-region/ [amazon.com]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_365 [wikipedia.org]
[SIG] 10/28/2017: Soylent Upgrade v14 [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday March 31 2018, @03:15AM (2 children)
I'm not talking about 3-letter agencies, I'm talking about everybody else who has to use Microsoft crap. And for everybody else, MS handles it nicely albeit with stupid bugs. The Office360 has plenty of bugs but that's kinda the point: MS is going full-retard into cross-platform.
Whether or not you like it MS is here to stay. And it's got a lot of nice features that others don't.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by tftp on Saturday March 31 2018, @04:13AM
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 31 2018, @08:44AM
(Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 31 2018, @03:25AM (1 child)
> Do you think NSA, FBI, and the other alphabets are moving to Office365?
Do you mean as an office suite, or as a surveillance platform?
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Saturday March 31 2018, @06:16AM
As a surveillance platform of course.
For the office suite, the Google Apps are better priced; besides, they need to stay in good relations with Google, won't happen if they take everything from MS.
(grin)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 31 2018, @06:12AM
I can't use that one for 5 days every year (6 during leap years). Not recommended.