Ponchik News: Design+ Strategy

Ben Thompson о конце Windows (точнее, о реорганизации Microsoft, в которой все меньше места остается операционной системе).

...for the first time since 1980, [the reorg] left the company without a division devoted to personal computer operating systems (Windows was split, with the core engineering group placed under Azure, and the rest of the organization effectively under Office 365; there will still be Windows releases, but it is no longer a standalone business). [...]What is striking about this articulation of “productivity and platforms” [when Nadella just came on board as CEO] is that it is exactly how Nadella reorganized the company last week; the “Experiences & Devices” team is focused on end-user productivity, while the “Cloud + AI” team is all about building the platform of the future. The reason it took so long is the point of this article — Nadella had a Windows problem.

https://stratechery.com/2018/the-end-of-windows/