General Consultant Discussion

zzzzzz http://gigaom.com/2014/02/04/nadellas-the-one-microsoft-names-new-ceo-gates-stays-on-board-thompson-is-chairman/

This is the best they could do?? With all the talented people and their deep pockets?

I suspect that when they sat down and realistically summarized their strengths and weaknesses they figured out the game has probably been lost for them on mobile and tablets. The next most logical step is to protect your enterprise turf. I would not be surprised if they spun out Xbox and perhaps even Windows Phone. Microsoft has probably lost in mobile. Their next best play here is to be on every platform with their ecosystem apps and guard against Google or Apple getting a foothold. They'd be foolish to continue to push the Windows Phone boulder uphill.

My new hire worked with Nadella when at Microsoft and he was both surprised and pleased. This ends some of the speculation about spinning off the Dynamics Business and could potentially signal a move back towards channel friendliness.

Another good artice http://new.crn.com/news/applications-os/240165934/how-satya-nadella-worked-his-way-to-the-top-at-microsoft.htm?cid=cid=nl_vi