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Stoori MS-ist ja tema uuest CEO Satya Nadella-st:

Microsoft CEO, Seeking Growth, Tells Managers: Step It Up

The day Satya Nadella became Microsoft Corp.’s chief executive officer, he invited several dozen vice presidents to breakfast and had a simple, calm admonition for them: “Can you step it up?”

The engineer’s tone was a departure from the yelling and wild gesticulations favored by his salesman predecessor Steve Ballmer and the razor-sharp interrogations of co-founder Bill Gates. Nadella’s approach underlines the low-key and analytical style he brings as CEO since starting the job in February, as he seeks to revamp the world’s largest software maker. Nadella has unveiled plans to cut more than 18,000 jobs, killed unpromising products and boosted sales of computing tools delivered via the Internet, while seeking to reduce the company’s reliance on software installed on personal computers.

“He’s one of those people where you just hate to say no to the guy,” Jeff Teper, Microsoft’s head of corporate strategy, said of Nadella in an interview in March. Teper hired Nadella into the company in 1992. “Steve and Bill are a lot more confrontational -- they challenge you to bring your A game. With him it’s more like ‘well I don’t want to disappoint the guy, let me work a little bit harder here.’ He’s incredibly smart, he’s gracious, but he’s also super-demanding.”

Nadella’s lieutenants may need to work a lot harder to overcome the challenges facing Microsoft. The company’s Surface tablet and Windows smartphones have failed to gain more than a few percentage points of market share, while the PC industry is on track to shrink for a third straight year. Investors will get more insight into whether the new CEO’s efforts are paying off later today when Microsoft reports quarterly earnings.

Edasi lingil:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-07-22/microsoft-ceo-seeking-growth-tells-managers-step-it-up.html?

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Microsoft peab jalad k6hu alt v2lja v6tma ja teistelt eeskuju v6tma. Apple n2itab v2ga head initsiatiivi n2iteks OSX'i tasuta v2ljalaskega. Windowsi adoption rate suureneks kui ta tasuta oleks (v6ibolla mitte Pro ega Enterprise, kuigi need v6iks odavamaks minna), ning sealt tuleks revenyy juba suurenenud muu tarkvara myygist - vanematel platvormidel v6iks sestap toe kiiremini 2ra v6tta (a la Office 2014 ei toota Windows Vistal jms).