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You asked a question. I answered your question. Now if want to move the goal posts, go right ahead. Now there are critical issues dealing with backbone comm systems including how to integrate programs like Outlook into on going cloud like infrastructure. But that’s not the question you ask, Next time, be a little more honest at what you are getting at here.

In the United States alone, or world wide.  Stable systems are prized over the neatest newest  program or app in government or enterprise. So is Office 2010 with Outlook 2010 still being used widely, yes, even over 365.  So yes b, this is a serious problem among those users.

Two quick points. Red Hat and IBM have had a very close relationship for quite some time now. IBM wants to get back into not only the enterprise but the governmental markets, but never had a  complete package they could offer. Now they do. The only flaw with Linux is its lack of long term support. That just went away. I would only add that with the insane attitude of Google and Amazon, combined with what is coming out of Redmond, is making the decision makers inside the United States government rethink it’s entire IT structure from the ground up. A Red Hat IBM team would be well placed to take advantage of that opening. And  there is a great deal of support for Red Hat in and around the National Security side of the U.S. government. It is well known that Red Hat has wanted to get back into the consumer PC for some time. So while it is a gamble for IBM, the risk it self is small. In the medium to long term, this could be a win for everyone.

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It is a cultural blind spot depending on the age of the tech person and company your dealing with. MS use to be pretty good, but with the mass firings they became just as bad as Google, Facebook etc. Good news is they pushed too far, and are now dealing with a massive backlash that seems to only become more intense as time goes on. They will change, they have no choice as events that directly impact their business, are calling not only their judgement, but their survival as a on going business into question.

Was in the audience. The eye rolling was massive. The United States government is swinging a full 180 away from the cloud vision of this guy. It’s security that is job one. And MS’s version does not address that in any reasonable way. Giving what is about to come out of D.C. I wonder what kind of pressure he is facing now. All in all, pretty strange presentation.

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Reads post. Shakes head……

You are right. But Microsoft is right up to the line. Tech stocks across the board took serious hits today. Tomorrow looks to be more of the same as investors smell something coming from it’s CEOs. What is amazing is many of the big companies listed use Microsoft products in either communication or storage. Did Microsoft think that their trouble would not be noted by COB or CEO who backbone systems depend on their products not to notice.  Microsoft’s CEO and board may have very little time left to turn this mess around. This is, if they even understand the danger they are in now.

True. And as usual in those days, lawyers were involved. Well, there are always lawyers….

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Cybertooth

I  explained this to both my wife and daughter, my daughter looked at me and said”Oh just like fantasy football daddy.”  My wife just smiled….

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OscarCP, AJNorth

A couple of short points here. First, take a breath people. This is a massive screw up that is more damaging to Microsoft’s bottom line than causing any problems to your personal PC. Yes, if not fixed, then these ‘holes’ could maybe in the future lead to easy exploits. But the odds that causal users will be hit are small. My advice is simple. Make sure your AV programs are up to date, your browser the latest version and sit tight. And for goodness sake, listen to Woody, Susan, and the MVP’s here and you will be OK. Relax. There is no need to panic yet. Second point. Susan has every reason to be angry. Small and medium size business are going to bare the brunt of this major failure on Microsoft’s part. I don’t care how Satya spins this, he is done. No CEO survives the kind  of rolling mistakes that puts a major 500 on the block. The reason Microsoft has been successful is that up to now, they have had one of the best ‘fix it’ organizations on the planet, backed up by one of the finest Q and A division  anywhere. To put it plainly, even if Microsoft’s OS or programs were utter c**. They would make every effort to either fix, or upgrade said piece of software for their clients, and in most cases do it free. That was not only part of Microsoft’s written contract language, it was at the core of what they did as a company. That’s mostly gone now, Satya’s wiped it out. The bulk of business in the United States, and around the world are mom and pop outfits who either have to do their own, or hire someone like Susan Bradley to handle their back end operations. Think about it. Satya has though his own high handedness, put many of these small companies at serious risk of a breach.  Not their fault. They trusted a major vendor who up till now  has held up the end of their deal. (Went a little longer than I thought. Sorry about that.)

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In reality we are all watching the last gasp of a desperate man doing  something, anything to keep his job. If you have not, go back up thread and read Elly’s comment again. She has pulled all the problems with not only Microsoft, but with the other big techs in one very smart bow. I’m envious. There is a reckoning coming very soon now. The population of the United States thinks many of these tech corporation now are the enemy of the Country and Constitution. As Elly says, the culture-social disconnect is very real.  Politically, these Tech CEOs are idiots. Professionally, they are fools.  Like Nadella, most of these CEO choose the Pacific (IE:China) over Western business and Culture. Now the West led by the United States is about to strike back. This is to be expected, when any organization threatens a Countries self worth. Frankly, the board should have put Nadella out to pasture long ago, giving all the warning they had about the drop in profits, not to mention the many complaints from their clients about the performance of Windows 10. The only thing saving Microsoft is Windows 7. Right at this moment, there is no clear replacement in either the corporate or consumer sector. That won’t last long. Someone at some point will invest heavy in Linux to beef up the support for the civilian sector. Apple has always wanted to take Microsoft down a peg, and that opening is now here, and Google is waiting in the weeds(with their  on anti trust issues and social-culture on full display). While it may not look like it, we may soon be entering a new golden era of computing thanks to Satya Nadella. Now that’s ironic.

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If it is possible, you have understated the scope and extent of the problem. Inside the hardware side of the community, there has been a effort to get Intel to do a complete redesign. In broad terms chip design stopped, while software development took off, and well, here we are. Will this be fixed and will this take time, oh yeah, but there is no choice. Intel put themselves on the hook for this, and some very powerful forces are not letting them off.

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anita.yk

Giving the current Microsoft leadership, it is an open question as to whether the company can commit it self to the level of support necessary for cloud base systems. Asking for trust when you, (Microsoft) have broken it is a bit rich.

Or worst, the Russian mob.

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Cybertooth

Both Noel Carboni and lurks about hit the nail on the head about Microsoft. This is what happens when a company stops listening to their customers. I will only add this. Microsoft is fast becoming a issue at the national security level.  The last major corporation to see this kind of attention at the national level was the old AT&T. And we all know how that ended. Redmond is now treading in very dangerous waters. As I have said before, this will not end well for them.