Re:Bill Gates Calls Microsoft's TikTok Deal a Poisoned Chalice
by hansmrtn on Saturday August 08, 2020 @09:24PM
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Microsoft would enter a whole new market with the acquisition of TikTok and one that I think it is wholly unprepared for. Additionally, with the added complexity of working closely with the United States Government it is pretty clear the sort of gamble Microsoft would be taking with TikTok.
Re:Bill Gates Calls Microsoft's TikTok Deal a Poisoned Chalice
by PaulHoule on Saturday August 08, 2020 @08:31PM
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It bothers me as a Windows user. Microsoft has a responsibility to support people who use Office, Skype, LinkedIn, GitHub, Azure, etc. A TikTok deal gone wrong endangers all of that.
The most dangerous form of mindlessness in the C-Suite today is the urge to merge. Why did successful telecom AT&T buy a failing satellite TV business? The TikTok merger is something a CEO would think up off the cuff while smoking dope with Elon Musk. I want to know that a CEO isn't quick on the draw for mergers.
Re:Bill Gates Calls Microsoft's TikTok Deal a Poisoned Chalice
by nix23 on Monday August 10, 2020 @06:36AM
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It's crazy, Bill Gates as the Head of Microsoft was probably my hate symbol nr.1, but now he's is one of the most sane, intelligent and work for the better persons ever..really a 180 change for me personally.
Microsoft works closely with the US Government [1] and has a Government Cloud [2]
[1] https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Contracts/Contract/Article/...
[2] https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/industry/government
The most dangerous form of mindlessness in the C-Suite today is the urge to merge. Why did successful telecom AT&T buy a failing satellite TV business? The TikTok merger is something a CEO would think up off the cuff while smoking dope with Elon Musk. I want to know that a CEO isn't quick on the draw for mergers.