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How Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella did what Steve Ballmer and Bill Gates couldn't
Yahoo ^ | 1/30/2016 | Matt Weinberger

Posted on 01/31/2016 7:41:13 AM PST by Scutter

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To: r_barton
My wife loves her Nokia Lumia 635. Worth much more than the $40 it cost. It’s real quality. But it has little or no apps. Because hardly anyone uses one, businesses like banks are not releasing Windows phone apps. The Windows phone is a distant 3rd behind IOS ans Android. The Windows phone is DOA.
It's a huge mischaracterization to say there are "little or no apps". Last I checked, there were over 100,000 apps for it. It's true that there is a significant "app gap" over iOS and Android. But I personally have only found a small number of apps that I wish I could have, but couldn't find on my Windows Phone.

The move to Windows 10 Phone is supposed to address that gap by attracting devs to write one app that will run on both Windows PCs and the phone. It remains to be seen if that strategy will work.

And by the way, the reason the phone business is in the state it is in now is because of so many years of Ballmer's bad decisions in this space.

41 posted on 01/31/2016 10:04:38 AM PST by Scutter
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To: Scutter
I was a yahoo user since the 90's and quit when Mayer took over. Relentless spam, hacked email accounts, and finally the UI redesign killed them off. It's really sad b/c as an organization, they had some talented people over the years. Leadership just did not know how to use them to bring their ideas to the market.

Yahoo is down 23% over the last six months

42 posted on 01/31/2016 10:47:38 AM PST by DrJeff
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

NT was bulletproof.


43 posted on 01/31/2016 10:50:07 AM PST by Hoosier-Daddy ("Washington, DC. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious")
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To: DrJeff

Yes, so much mismanagement there....


44 posted on 01/31/2016 11:11:12 AM PST by Scutter
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To: r_barton

“Linux is snappy and very responsive. I use Linux 99% of the time.”

While I like both Trump and Cruz, I do think that Trump will be better able to win in November and has the type of personality required to GET A LOT DONE as President.


45 posted on 01/31/2016 11:29:51 AM PST by BobL (Who cares? He's going to build a wall and stop this invasion.)
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To: Mastador1

#26 Does Trump or Cruz use Apple or Windows? : )
Apple Vs. Microsoft and Trump Vs. Cruz


47 posted on 01/31/2016 2:05:55 PM PST by minnesota_bound
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To: Scutter
I have to admit that I am not familiar with Netrunner. Care to elaborate?

I installed Netrunner 3-4 years ago on an obscure little Gateway laptop I had purchased (LT3101u with 3rd party SSD drive), and the installation, surprisingly, was smooth as silk. The default Netrunner UI is KDE (it's based on KUbuntu), which is also nice (for those who prefer KDE). The install also comes with a rich set of apps.

In those 3-4 years I've continued to be impressed with the reliability and performance of this little sub-netbook (which can be had on eBay for as little as $125).

Netrunner is a good, stable, feature-rich distro.

48 posted on 01/31/2016 2:11:12 PM PST by The Duke ( Azealia Banks)
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To: The Duke

I looked it up on distrowatch and it says it’s based ob Kubuntu with a customized KDE desktop, extra codec packs, etc. So it sounds a bit like the KDE equivalent of what Mint is to Ubuntu. Is that an accurate statement? Is it using the same Debian package management system as Ubuntu? If so, I might like to try it out.

I usually just install plain Ubuntu as I mostly use Linux for services, and am remoting in via SSH. I don’t spend much time in the GUI. However, it’s fun to tinker around and keep up with the tech.


49 posted on 01/31/2016 3:03:27 PM PST by Scutter
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To: rarestia; Abby4116; afraidfortherepublic; aft_lizard; AF_Blue; amigatec; AppyPappy; arnoldc1; ...
> Ping to the Windows ping list.

You Got It!!

Great article on Microsoft's self-reinvention ... PING!

You can find all the Windows Ping list threads with FR search: just search on keyword "windowspinglist".

Thanks to rarestia for the ping!!

50 posted on 01/31/2016 4:13:30 PM PST by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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To: dayglored

I went ahead and went to Windows 10 today. So far I’m still a little fumbly but It seems OK for the most part.


51 posted on 01/31/2016 4:22:38 PM PST by Lurkina.n.Learnin (It's a shame enobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care)
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To: Scutter

The package manager is apt, with a GUI interface of Muon.


52 posted on 01/31/2016 4:25:38 PM PST by The Duke ( Azealia Banks)
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To: Scutter

Thanks for your well-informed comments in this thread.


53 posted on 01/31/2016 4:27:05 PM PST by TChad (The left's accusations are usually self-descriptions.)
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To: minnesota_bound
#26 Does Trump or Cruz use Apple or Windows? : )

Apple Vs. Microsoft and Trump Vs. Cruz

"Those are his personal choices," Cruz said on CNBC. "I'll tell you, I love my iPhone."

US presidential candidate Donald Trump uses a Samsung Galaxy smartphone to tweet

54 posted on 01/31/2016 4:53:26 PM PST by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue....)
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To: r_barton

I’ve been playing with Ubuntu and Mint and both are way more responsive.

Lately I’ve looked at Linux academy to learn more and get beyond just playing with Linux.


55 posted on 01/31/2016 5:21:34 PM PST by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: The Duke

Ok, thanks for the info


56 posted on 01/31/2016 7:09:51 PM PST by Scutter
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To: rbg81
Luv the fast bootup starting with Windows 8.1.

Yeah, too bad they had to give up F8 for that.

57 posted on 01/31/2016 7:15:27 PM PST by upchuck (Killary is the poster girl for everything wrong with our government. h/t Mister Da)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Amen to that. I still miss being able to quickly and efficiently find my documents.

With Win7 I had to put a link on my desktop .. just to get to the directory where specific files are kept.

I wish somebody could take XP and put it back together. I really miss having such a friendly system to use.


58 posted on 01/31/2016 8:46:56 PM PST by CyberAnt ("The Fields are White Unto Harvest")
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To: MortMan

It was a ping to a ping list.


59 posted on 02/01/2016 4:53:31 AM PST by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: rarestia

Bull. It was an antisocial command for another poster to stay the hell off your lawn because they irritate you that included a request for a ping.


60 posted on 02/01/2016 5:30:57 AM PST by MortMan (I am offended by those who believe they have a right not to be offended.)
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