Nadella steering Microsoft back towards software for economic reasons

in microsoft on 2014-07-30 00:54 (#3S1)

Microsoft sold more physical devices than Apple did last year - due largely to its purchase of Nokia - and still managed to lose $700M last quarter. No wonder Nadella is steering Microsoft away from hardware and turning his back on Ballmer's mantra of "devices and services."

Microsoft's quarterly financials are out, and they paint a startlingly clear picture of why new CEO Satya Nadella is in such a hurry to scuttle away from the "devices and services" mantra rolled out by former honcho Steve Ballmer just last year: Microsoft's hardware efforts just aren't making much money. In fact, they're actually losing money hand over fist.

Re: Like him (Score: 0)

by Anonymous Coward on 2014-07-30 16:22 (#2Q5)

Maybe. People and The Media don't pay nearly enough attention to the ongoing unequivocal failure of Windows 8, in every company everywhere (with more than 5 seats at any rate). It is shunned like a viral leper with bad breath and a knapsack full of sewage.

They (and Ballmer) have really gotten a pass on this abject failure. Vista, by comparison, made decent, if grudging inroads. For the record I'm not basing this on any particular data, only experience, so ignore my opinion as you may.

I think that if Red Hat, in particular, made more of an effort (hell, any kind of real effort) to have a saleable usable desktop version, they could get some serious desktop presence. 'Cause companies really like to pay for software, and Redhat's well known in their server rooms already.