“That won’t work.” That’s what former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said while listening to current Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella describe the company’s strategy for getting more apps onto Windows Phone. Ballmer, who is still the company’s largest individual shareholder, made the comment to Bloomberg reporter Dina Bass in the audience at the company’s shareholder meeting yesterday. Ballmer’s comment has been widely reported, along with his criticism of Microsoft’s cloud revenue reporting practices. So what exactly did Nadella say about apps to prompt such a critical observation from his former boss? We went back to our recording of the meeting to get it down… Read More
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