Re:Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B
by slowmotiony on Monday June 13, 2016 @09:56AM
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Before Satya was CEO, it was normal to see a bunch of Nokia Lumia phones in every bus, tram or metro train in Germany. Right now it would be hard to find even one, and Windows Phone seems to be an abandoned project. So I cannot entirely agree that Satya is so much better as a CEO than Ballmer.
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Re:Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B
by billmalarky on Monday June 13, 2016 @10:17AM
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Ballmer lost the mobile battle, not Satya, by the time Satya took control (Feb. 2014) it was too late in the game to make a difference. Just throwing good money after bad at that point.
Re:Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B
by sandGorgon on Monday June 13, 2016 @10:17AM
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Maybe that's why Satya is a good CEO. He pulled them away from an unprofitable money sink that was created by Ballmer.
Re:Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B
by tokensimian on Monday June 13, 2016 @10:05AM
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That's a pretty specific set of situational criteria by which to evaluate the head of a company that does a whole lot of different things.
Re:Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B
by slowmotiony on Wednesday June 15, 2016 @02:06AM
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Not really. It's not a secret that Windows Phone is now rather a joke, and nobody is buying it. It used to be very popular in Europe around 2 years ago.
Re:Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B
by partiallypro on Monday June 13, 2016 @10:53AM
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Well, Microsoft has effectively killed off Lumia, and will be focusing on the Surface Phone and its OEM partners. They have said this year they will not be focusing on marketing Windows Mobile (frankly, it's not ready,) but I imagine once Surface Phone is made reality, they will be pushing the phones again, but mostly to enterprise and Microsoft fanboys/girls.