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Re:Why did I leave Google or, why did I stay so long? by rapsey on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @12:57PM (#26169333)
Enterprises are the slowest to change of all and this is MS bread and butter. I completely disagree MS was ever close to becoming irrelevant. Silicon valley is in it's own little world. The rest of the planet is firmly a MS customer.

MS can take all the good ideas, implement them and sell them worldwide before a startup can get out of silicon valley. Case in point: slack vs. teams.

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Re:Why did I leave Google or, why did I stay so long? by fossuser on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @01:08PM (#26169501)
Arguably that focus on O365 and Azure - the strategy that enabled Teams success was due to Nadella.

You're right though - 'irrelevant' is too provocative and strongly worded.

I'm more focused on future bets and trends. I think that trend shifted at Microsoft from trending towards future irrelevance back in the other direction, to being a competitive threat again.

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