Satya Nadella At Six Months: Grading Microsoft's New CEO

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday August 4, 2014 @05:29AM from the making-the-grade dept.

snydeq writes The future emerging for Microsoft under Nadella is a mixed bag of hope and turmoil, writes Woody Leonhard in his review of Nadella's first fix months at the helm of Microsoft. "When Nadella took over, Microsoft was mired in the aftermath of a lengthy and ultimately unpopular reign by longtime CEO — and Microsoft majority shareholder — Steve Ballmer. Given the constraint of that checkered past, some might argue that Nadella hasn't had enough time to make his imprint on every aspect of Microsoft. Yet there have been many changes already under Nadella's watch, and patterns are certainly emerging as to the kind of company Microsoft will be in the years ahead." Leadership, product lines, financials — Nadella's scorecard shows strong strategic leadership, particularly around the cloud, but Windows and devices are murky at best, with Microsoft employees "taking it in the shorts, and not only in Finland."

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Microsoft has a new CEO? by BenSchuarmer · 2014-08-04 05:41 · Score: 4, Funny

Why doesn't somebody tell me these things?
1. Re:Microsoft has a new CEO? by Kenja · 2014-08-04 05:51 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  It was pushed out as a bug fix update and bundled in with a bunch of others so you wouldn't notice that they're trying to fix a major problem.
  
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2. Re:Microsoft has a new CEO? by jfdavis668 · 2014-08-04 06:38 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  CEO SP2
Devices by Teun · 2014-08-04 05:50 · Score: 4, Funny

I hope he doesn't do away with their best product, the Microsoft mouse.
It's the one product they have that is Compatible.

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1. Re:Devices by NJRoadfan · 2014-08-04 06:28 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Funny how their most lauded products are the one they were trying to do away with in the design of Windows 8's UI.