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Re:Satya Nadella Added $850B to Microsoft by ouid on Thursday November 21, 2019 @01:22PM (#21597465)
>His problem was that he always tried to do what would be best for Microsoft and not the customer

What on earth is this doublespeak? If he always did what was best for Microsoft, we would not be discussing what his problem was in managing Microsoft. That's not how "what's best for Microsoft" works.

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Re:Satya Nadella Added $850B to Microsoft by hylaride on Thursday November 21, 2019 @03:31PM (#21599237)
Firstly, notice the word tried. But in leads into the problem with many business people. "Best for mircosoft" would have been customers locked into a MS ecosystem where people were forced to buy the whole album to get a few songs the way the labels wanted it. That's what they tried to do, but obviously the customers didn't agree.
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Re:Satya Nadella Added $850B to Microsoft by ouid on Thursday November 21, 2019 @04:29PM (#21599858)
His problem, as an executive, was not "trying to do what is best for Microsoft". His problem, as an executive, was failing to do what is best for Microsoft.
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