Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella admits giving up on Windows Phone and mobile was a mistake - eviltoast

Nadella, Gates, and Ballmer have all admitted to Microsoft’s mobile mistakes.

  • RojoSanIchiban@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Replace “new phone line” with pretty much anything ‘positive’ and it fits Microsoft.

    Better OS? Nope! Shit management. Better productivity software? Nope! Shit management. Better cloud and virtualization platform? Nope! Shit management.

    The first day I used Windows 8 RC, I was flabbergasted that anyone approved that dumpster fire for release. They’ve been trying to unfuck that ever since, and at dead snail’s pace. Thanks, shit management! You’re why I left systems administration to be a bad programmer!

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      1 year ago

      What do you program in? Ive really enjoyed the new .NET ecosystem, but I’m sure it’ll go to shit eventually just like the rest of their products…

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        1 year ago

        That’s the irony! Mainly working in C# .NET (and some SSIS) and maintaining an unfair amount of legacy VB on ETL processes.

        FWIW I was working in Java on the middle-end of Oracle for a few years before changing positions to where I am.

        But at least I’m never on-call!