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posted by janrinok on Saturday March 31 2018, @02:24AM   Printer-friendly
from the start-of-the-end dept.

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.


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  • (Score: 2) by toddestan on Saturday March 31 2018, @06:04PM (1 child)

    by toddestan (4982) on Saturday March 31 2018, @06:04PM (#660906)

    It really is amazing just how badly they screwed up mobile. They were there years before Android and Apple. I'm not sure what it was - maybe they never took it seriously, or maybe they thought of it too much of a threat to their desktop monopoly, or maybe it was just since the first attempts weren't a runaway success they got axed. But really, all they needed to do was just stick with it, keep investing in it, not screw over the people who did buy in and invested into the platforms, and I'm sure they would have picked up momentum and would be one of the big players in mobile right now. It's not like they didn't have the money, and the XBox shows that they are willing to sink a bunch of money and resources into something with the long-term goal of becoming a major player in a market.

    Oh well, maybe it's for the best, though we could use another player in the Google/Apple duopoly right now, even it is Microsoft.

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  • (Score: 2) by bobthecimmerian on Saturday March 31 2018, @07:45PM

    by bobthecimmerian (6834) on Saturday March 31 2018, @07:45PM (#660930)

    Agreed on all counts. I hate Microsoft, but I think the current duopoly is worse than having Microsoft as the third major player. I don't see any upstarts making serious headway, either. The market looks like it's locked tight. I've love to be wrong.