Hardcore Software by Steven Sinofsky

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053. Strategy Tax: Outlook Storage, First Attempt
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053. Strategy Tax: Outlook Storage, First Attempt

Yes, that’s called strategy. Why can’t we have that? –BillG on Sony Memory Stick c. 1998-99.

Steven Sinofsky
Oct 31, 2021
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053. Strategy Tax: Outlook Storage, First Attempt
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Most tend to think of Microsoft strategy as the march from BASIC to DOS to Windows to Azure. While that is a robust external narrative, the more interesting view is how the company changed strategically and organizationally as we transformed from a consumer to an enterprise company. We changed from relatively independent (and culturally unique) Apps and…

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