A Conversation with Stephen Elop
summary
Argues Microsoft fully embraces software plus services, mixing rich clients with cloud features and promising browser and ad‑supported entry points for Office while keeping advanced SharePoint and unified‑communications integrations for paid tiers. Cites Windows Azure as a standards‑friendly cloud platform, 40,000 pages of published interoperability docs, support for ODF, Google licensing Exchange ActiveSync, and 500 million Office users (about 250 million unlicensed). Notes $9 billion R&D and SharePoint fastest‑growing as proof the enterprise model is landing.
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chapters (18)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:53Why did Steve Ballmer recruit you
- 2:36Cutting the Gordian Knot
- 3:45Software gets better by more people
- 5:40Building a personal information management console
- 7:27User selfservice
- 9:06Subscription model
- 9:59Interoperability
- 14:49Developer Experience
- 15:51Microsoft Developer
- 17:52Microsofts Business Model
- 18:22The Innovation Dilemma
- 19:14What will my child be if im a PC
- 22:06Business model
- 22:45Interaction design
- 25:04OneNote
- 27:25Biggest threat to Office
- 29:09Outro
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