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Ah yes, I see now. I definitely agree with you then. That line will most likely not sit well with employees that don't give a damn about the shareholders and wo
by Metrop0218 13y ago
Ah yes, I see now. I definitely agree with you then. That line will most likely not sit well with employees that don't give a damn about the shareholders and would rather just create amazing products.
- onedev 13y agoI'm curious what amazing products Microsoft is working on.
- nitrogen 13y agoThe new Kinect, were it not locked into the new Xbox and used for creepy advertising-related purposes, would be an amazing product.
- mullingitover 13y agoAfter the NSA revelations, the absolute last thing I plan to do is install a high-resolution, always online camera from Microsoft (or any major US corporation for that matter) in my living room.
- nitrogen 13y agoNo doubt. I am, however, interested in using depth-sensing technology for less nefarious, non-cloud-based means (see my profile). I like the technology, but I strongly dislike what Microsoft might do and is doing with it.
- anonymfus 13y agoThere is already sign-up opened for new Kinect for Windows: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/kinectforwindowsdev/newdevkit.aspx http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/kinectforwindowsdev/newdevkit...
- jussij 13y agoFrom all accounts their Office 365 and Azure platforms are doing well. The say more than 50% of the Fortune 500 are now using Azure: http://www.neowin.net/news/windows-azure-now-used-by-over-50-percent-of-fortune-500-companies http://www.neowin.net/news/windows-azure-now-used-by-over-50... These are fairly radical changes as they are getting off the desktop platform amd moving straight into the cloud.
- mattzito 13y agoI dunno, I work in the cloud space, largely with fortune 500 companies, and I don't know of any off the top of my head that are investing in Azure. That doesn't mean the article isn't technically accurate, of course, but I'd suspect that MSFT is being very generous with their definition of "using" and counting any pilot project in some engineering team as "using" - in which case I'm sure that most of the fortune 500 have someone somewhere playing with Azure. But that's not the same as using from the standpoint that we typically think about it.
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- seanmcdirmid 13y agoMost Microsoft employees are Microsoft shareholders, so we have an interest in higher stock prices also.
- davidgerard 13y agoHow's that felt over the past decade?
- seanmcdirmid 13y agoI've only been in for 5+ years, and I don't look at my stock so closely, it has traveled a bit up and down, nothing to think much about. The way American/Chinese taxes work, actually, I'm annoyed to get stock at all as compensation and wish it would just come in as salary.
- nwombosi 13y agoIf they are really interested in creating amazing products evidently they're working for the wrong company.
- Metrop0218 13y agoI wouldn't say stupid things like this. I work in Windows Phone and I have a lot of faith in our product (and judging by reactions to the 1020 and our customer sat ratings, it looks like I'm not alone). The Xbox One is exciting, and Windows 8+ has definitely opened a new chapter for the company. If you have something stupid to say, keep it to yourself.
- nwombosi 13y agoIf you have something stupid to say, keep it to yourself. Too bad you don't take your own advice. You would have saved yourself the embarrassment.