[MortMan]

Microsoft has grown its crucial cloud business, released Windows 10 to a much better reception than its loathed predecessor, launched a bunch of great apps for iPhone and Android, and generally made people like it a lot more.

Launching Win10 to a better reception than 8? That is not a feat. Launching it to a worse reception would have been brutally difficult, IMO.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Windows XP was the greatest OS in the history of mankind.

[r_barton]

Satya Nadella, meet my little friend, Linux. ;-)

I installed Windows 10 on my Dell i5 laptop with an ssd drive and 8gb ram. It is a real slug compared to Linux Mint. I Windows 10, click wait for a second, click wait for a second, etc. It must be phoning home with every click.

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

[aimhigh]

This reads like a job application from someone who wants to get hired by Microsoft before Yahoo goes belly up.

[tje]

That picture tells a lot.

[ThunderSleeps]

Actually, if Mr. Nadella has pulled the various MS divisions together that is a pretty good feat for any CEO. Every large company I've ever worked for or been closely associated with (and there have been several) has suffered from "rice bowl" challenges. They compete for resources, make teaming agreements behind each others' backs with outside groups, etc.

So yes, while I'm an admitted Linux guy, if this guy is being successful bravo, well done.

[TheStickman]

OSX get the job done for me. Only thing I miss about windows is video games. To each their own :)

[nascarnation]

I was impressed the Win 7 >> 10 conversion on my laptop was completely seamless.
Someone on another forum told me since Ballmer left, customer service is no longer just a topic for sarcastic jokes at MS.

[r_barton]

The real reason Microsoft is pimping Windows 10 so much and wants to kill of Windows 7 is the Microsoft Store. Windows 10 has the Microsoft Store. Windows 7 doesn’t.

The Apple Store and Google Play Store make a lot of money for those companies through their IOS and Android phones.

Microsoft’s Windows phone is a complete flop. So Microsoft has to fall back on Windows 10 for the Microsoft Store. They have nothing else. They have to kill off Windows 7 in order to up sell with Windows 10 and the Microsoft Store.