This would not be Changing The Game. But people are dropping their desktops, and why go for a Windows laptop when your mobile devices will play better with a different OS? I think they could have basically said, "look the X3 will not get win32 support but it will get as much else of Andromeda that the hardware can handle (essentially becoming W10S) so we can build the core experience on it during insider preview" that would have let HP market an X3 version 2 for the legacy win32 support and given Microsoft the loyal user base that would give them feedback on the development. All I know is that I now sit here with an Lumia 950 XL phone that will loose apps support faster than water runs down the strain. 1. Google's main business model is the consumer. I really don't want toeven though having imessage and facetime on my computer would be awesome, but I cannot stand the sewage that is MacOS. It is sticking to the same game that Microsoft already lost. If they had demonstrated that resolve, maybe developers would have been more willing to feed an emerging market of users. Then just like Centennial, allow Android apps to take advantage of UWP features (live tiles, etc) this is the 'extend'. But I get a feeling its history repeating itself all over again in the mobile space. So he admits it? hprbl/ Again, this is one of the bestarticles I read from you. But I'm NOT keeping using it out of loyalty to MS - rather, because I like Windows 10 Mobile and the phone remains almost as capable as most other handsets out there. He was lured away from Sun in 1992 to join Microsoft, where he initially worked on the development of Windows NT, a landmark operating system that was aimed primarily at business users. Speculation does not make sense, taking into account your erroneous articles concerning Microsoft mobile strategy. As a buyer of a Microsoft phone and a user of Win 10 on 4 systems I feel shat on by the company. Look inside most of our elementary schools. Then we get them bought by HP. hits the nail on the head. Now that the dust has cleared on the CEO question, those who hoped for the role and did not get it could exit. That would harm developer interest in Windows Phone, and by extension, the larger Windows ecosystem, thus harming the still nascent Windows Store. Windowsphone never delivered Microsoft Pay but Google and Apple did deliver mobile payments and are exploiting a technology Microsoft have missed. I enjoyed it! I stuck with my 920 as long as I could (almost 3 years), hoping for MS to release something wothy. we equip you to harness the power of disruptive innovation, at work and at home. By the time MS started giving it away,OEM's were invested in Android and had no incentive to look in any other direction. On 16th June 2021, Nadella has been further appointed as the Executive Chairman of Microsoft, succeeding John W. Thompson. I do not regret the decision, but I still do not like to android OS look and feel but It is very refreshing to have a feature filled OS and a much larger app gallery, but more importantly, apps that work well. So there isn't too much money in the mobile - currently there is no company that earns even a dollar by selling operating systems. It seems he does not consider the consequences and we consumers are the ones paying the price. 2023 ZDNET, A Red Ventures company. I am confident they have something truly amazing in the pipeline (presumably 2019). By India Today Tech: Most companies, regardless of their sector, are calling employees back to the office now that COVID cases have dropped significantly. "In the future, technologies like AI, mixed reality and quantum computing will advance in . Abandoning the consumer space is insane. re-add all the phones that could run the creators update to the feature 2 branch or red stone branch. Herminia Ibarra, Aneeta Rattan, Anna Johnston (2018), "Satya Nadella at Microsoft: Instilling a Growth Mindset Harvard Business Review Case Study. At one time, several years,ago, I read that Gartner or a large research firm "projected" that Windows Mobile would PASS Apple for #2 !!! why they killed project astoria? - Superior product and services quality can help Nadella Satya to further increase its market share as the current customer are extremely loyal to it. But it is possible to enforce some sanity in the transition from licensed software tosubscription services. - Inventory Management Based on the details provided in the Satya Nadella at Microsoft: Instilling a Growth Mindset case study, we can conclude that Nadella Satya is not efficiently managing the inventory and cash cycle. Jason, did you sign an NDA with MS? that Microsoft would fill in the mobile device space. Nadella is a cloud guy, which is the strong growth future for Microsoft. Many people would buy this device on a world wide basis even though it is bigger than a smart phone. After a mere 2 months, Microsoft pulled this phone, the Kin one and Kin two. the reason i stick with windows 10 only because of photoshop. If you pretend to be a global player you'd better have people in your Board that are connected to the different regions you want to serve, so that also goes for Asia-Pacific, China etc. Until then we can enjoy the many new Universal apps on our superior Lumia 950 (XL) phones. It's great for all of us that Satya makes a sad during his Glorious Book Tour through the Clouds and feels sort of bad for leaving everyone in the lurch. From this armchair analyst's view, the whole thing failed simply because Satya wanted it to. If you feel that you've constantly let consumers down (which actually you have) then do something to bridge that gap. This puts Nadella in the helm partway through two key and coinciding changes to the company. This whole "cloud first or nothing" push will eventually backfire and they will float into abyss. There had to be many outside influences to help with marketing that. Making so many mistakes is ground for dismissal in any workplace. Microsoft will be extremely vulnerable without a mobile presence. There are plenty of third party companies that will build their own version of windows devices if they are getting support from MS but if you turn away from them now I can be pretty positive they won't be so willing to take a chance on any new developments later ( fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me). I like the platform because it does what I need it to do. What is Nadella going to do about this apparent lack of caring about consumers? With the other phones, you're getting a complete experience and won't need to look for the chabgelogs every few weeks. With the way they treated windows mobile and developers, it is going to be a real problem when (or if) they actually release this "andromeda" thing. You can create superb augmented reality but if people are using it on the device people have in their pocket you are lost. Office 365 revenues fail to match declining traditional Office revenues. Does Continiuum not fit into the overall "not a phone but a new form factor for mobile computing" gameplan? For once I would like to hear a tech journalist that focuses on Microsoft products ask that one question. I'm a full-time user of OneNote, One Drive, and Outlook. Until now Microsoft has let all their phone users down. This has been the stated direction of MS since Bill Gates annouced his vision 20+ years ago. (No, I haven't timed for how long, but but more that 5 minutes. yes, it was the best music service out there, now I don't know where to go, all the other service habe a flaw spotify don't allow personal library, google music don't have a PC apps, you have to use a third party apps, and apple music well, it's apple.. All rights reserved. This is the full audio of the session of the conversation recorded at the Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland 18 January. Everyone was writing about the death of Windows Phone/Mobile, whilst fans were sticking up for it, and Microsoft simply ignored anything about it. Keep up the great work Windows Central team. That's the way it was back in the day of Bill Gates, but those days are long over and it's their own fault. Let's also not forget to recognize Intel's inability to deliver a competitive x86 chip for mobile. "How long are you going to string your users along this time?" Updates? Early last year, the ValueAct Capital hedge fund took a $2 billion stake in Microsoft and began agitating for change. Windows phone really was caught between a rock and a hard place. Sure there are a handful but nowhere what Microsoft had if it had not abandoned consumers. At the time of his promotion, he was leading Cloud, one of the most important core businesses MS was venturing into. Even if it doesn't grow by very much and even if we have to build the apps ourselves, it's a non negotiable. Very few. What would have stopped him from saying "you know what, we need a mobile platform. Not all at once but steadily. Satya Narayana Nadella has been the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Microsoft by succeeding Steve Ballmer in 2014 and under him, the company had witnessed considerable growth. Because Gates has moved to Android and Belfiore to an iOS they will soon see what the benefits and disadvantages are. If people start to use other software than Microsoft Office on those Android phones and Iphones then well then Microsoft is actually tottally irrelevant on the smartphones and hence really out of the bit data business in the smart phone business. I tell you. WP8 was the beginning of Microsoft's downward spiral in mobile because while they just started to get serious in mobile, iPhone was already in on it's 4th generation and Android was picking up steam due to it's open ended platform. Satya Nadella - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Amy Hood - Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Alice Jolla - Chief Accounting Officer Keith Dolliver - Deputy General. As far as reaching out to developers, I was a hobby developer for WP starting with 8,I made a simple application using the built in componentsand methods that Microsoft recommended. Somehow I don't see MS as wanting me in any future. Which they were supposed to use to build the best mobile platform. For the company to completely ignore the passionate pleas from people on this site who merely want to use their products on a mobile device shows arrogance and contempt. like most CEOs who just ride the wave and make up BS as things change around them to try to keep the share price humming Nadella is the same. Sure, there's the Holodeck, but that's a plot device and not an actual envisioning of "how stuff gets done." As is, whatever they do, they will do without OEM support at first, which could be tricky. Google now has a year's worth of my use and it's assitant, while not as nice as Cortana, has customized itself to me. So let's market a phone that is not a phone for the fear of recalling the big fiasco made out of 10% of mobile market share they made out of Windows Phone/windows 10 mobile. No one mentions this and I feel it was detrimental to Microsoft going forward in Mobile, because in the U.S., Verizon is the biggest carrier. Satya Nadella - Satya Narayana Nadella (; born 19 August 1967) is an engineer and Indian American business executive. Have a full and frank exchange of ideas in the board room. I also felt pretty betrayed owning am Xbox One original. He is simply kissing us out the door that rat, Of course that refreshing the mobile platform so many times damage the Microsoft's image and made it appear as un untrustworthy partner for developers and OEMs. Plus if they do come back withthe new OSI hope they don't get rid of the LIVE Tiles, but they need to have a setting forjust Icons for those people who do not likeLive Tiles. last updated August 12, 2020. I don't know what's the solution to that is.