<div dir="ltr">Anyone who thinks that Microsoft hasn't evolved under Satya Nadella simply isn't paying attention. Nadella had this to say at Dreamforce in 2015:<div><br></div><div> “It is incumbent upon us, especially those of us who are platform vendors to partner broadly to solve real pain points our customers have."</div><div><br></div><div>(I have returned to this quote many times because I considered it so profound.)</div><div><br></div><div><div>In the 1990s, the technology market was about controlling the whole stack. Nadella recognizes that while he would like to control the stack, and is capable of doing it, that most companies don't want to deal with a single vendor. He also recognizes that in order to work in a cloud-first world, you need to play nicely with others. The 1990s approach simply wouldn't work in today's marketplace.</div><div><br></div><div>I talk to startups all the time who work with the big vendors. I consistently hear that Microsoft's tone and actions have shifted dramatically under Nadella. Microsoft went from a company that was difficult to work with to one that it is cooperative, friendly and open.</div><div><br></div><div>The wolf in sheep's clothing idea might make sense on a certain level, but the market reality belies it. If Microsoft wants to be a cloud and developer focused company, it simply can't be a control freak anymore and Nadella and his executive team understand that.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Oct 14, 2019 at 2:03 PM Daniel Dern via Ipg-smz <<a href="mailto:ipg-smz@netpress.org">ipg-smz@netpress.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On 10/14/19 10:48 AM, Lynn Greiner via Ipg-smz wrote:<br>
> Which is rather funny, given how active Microsoft is in the open source<br>
> community now. But I guess there always has to be a Big Bad.<br>
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> Funny you should use a comic book, er, "graphic novel" reference.<br>
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It feels like I first heard that phraseology used in Buffy (the TV <br>
series), which led to it being used as an explicit term in further Buffy <br>
episodes, and other shows, movies, comics, etc.<br>
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(Also, explicitly, in Bill Willingham's wonderful FABLES comic series, <br>
with Bigby Wolf, who was, along with having a human form at times, indeed <br>
the original Big Bad Wolf.)<br>
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Cue B Streisand <<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_vseHWl15Q" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_vseHWl15Q</a>><br>
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