At what point will we look at these numbers with skepticism? When not one worker is left who can afford their services nor one customer left who wants anything to do with their utterly shit "products" - but they still blow out the quarter with 100 billion? At what point will society recognize that this money can't possibly represent anything actually real? Will it matter if all of us starve to death and only billionaires are left if the Microsofts of the world will still be able to post 200 billion dollar "profits"?

I'm actually curious. Because I personally think that's increasingly what all this is. Fake as shit. Some combination of algorithms, cryptocurrency, dark pools and I dunno, the Illuminati I guess.

I wouldn’t say it’s fake, it’s the money other companies steal from their workers by not paying a fair wage being given to Microsoft to burn at the pyre of ai.

That is how it has been for a long time at Microsoft. They know Enterprise is where the money is, it hasn't stopped them from trying to venture out into other areas tho.

At what point will we look at these numbers with skepticism? When not one worker is left who can afford their services nor one customer left who wants anything to do with their utterly shit "products" - but they still blow out the quarter with 100 billion? At what point will society recognize that this money can't possibly represent anything actually real? Will it matter if all of us starve to death and only billionaires are left if the Microsofts of the world will still be able to post 200 billion dollar "profits"?

I'm actually curious. Because I personally think that's increasingly what all this is. Fake as shit. Some combination of algorithms, cryptocurrency, dark pools and I dunno, the Illuminati I guess.

I mean, I don't disagree that that's historically what it's been. But increasingly, it seems like record profits just keep going through the roof no matter what. And record stock market numbers. And record everything. Nothing goes down, not substantially. Negative news seems to have no (net) effect anymore.

"We're entering FY26 with clear priorities in security, quality, and AI transformation, building on our momentum and grounded in our mission and growth-mindset culture," Hood wrote, mentioning Nadella's email. "Both the pace of change and customer expectations are continuously accelerating."

Hood's email, notably, didn't mention Microsoft's recent workforce cuts, which have exceeded 10,000 this year even as profit swells. Nadella's email last week attempted to explain this "seeming incongruence" as the "enigma of success." Some employees weren't satisfied with the explanation.

These people get paid so much for spouting this utter bullshit every day. I hope they have moments when they realize the hollowness of what they do.

At what point will we look at these numbers with skepticism? When not one worker is left who can afford their services nor one customer left who wants anything to do with their utterly shit "products" - but they still blow out the quarter with 100 billion? At what point will society recognize that this money can't possibly represent anything actually real? Will it matter if all of us starve to death and only billionaires are left if the Microsofts of the world will still be able to post 200 billion dollar "profits"?

I'm actually curious. Because I personally think that's increasingly what all this is. Fake as shit. Some combination of algorithms, cryptocurrency, dark pools and I dunno, the Illuminati I guess.

Agreed. What even the fuck is that string of complete nonsense? These C-suite dipshits say it so much, someone is eating it up.

Agreed. What even the fuck is that string of complete nonsense? These C-suite dipshits say it so much, someone is eating it up.

They stopped venturing a long time ago. Microsoft should’ve been split up. Then maybe some of their consumer products would’ve survived and thrived. Even Windows OS seems like an afterthought these days.

They're trying to tell their "stakeholders", employees, customer, shareholders, what to believe, what to think that's the bullshit dazzle spell to preserve your suspension of disbelief just a little longer.

That's the thing though. If I as an employee heard the CEO spout this crap, I would laugh at them. It's ridiculous. Use real sentences with real meanings.

The "someone" is the investors, or generally speaking, the market.

Major CEOs can't say they're taking a financial hit, for whatever reason. This is why I like working for small companies, and most Americans work for small businesses.

Last company: CEO announced to the board that he intended to lose money in order to build staff and products. Yes, he even included tech debt. The board applauded him.

Meh, we fucked around and still made a profit, so he gave the board the same report the following year, same results. We fucked around a made a profit. Again.

tl;dr: Don't mistake all CEOs for the bullshit you hear from Nadella and Musk and the like. Remember; You only hear crazy talk reported, because it's crazy talk.

I mean, I don't disagree that that's historically what it's been. But increasingly, it seems like record profits just keep going through the roof no matter what. And record stock market numbers. And record everything. Nothing goes down, not substantially. Negative news seems to have no (net) effect anymore.

"We're entering FY26 with clear priorities in security, quality, and AI transformation, building on our momentum and grounded in our mission and growth-mindset culture," Hood wrote, mentioning Nadella's email. "Both the pace of change and customer expectations are continuously accelerating."

Hood's email, notably, didn't mention Microsoft's recent workforce cuts, which have exceeded 10,000 this year even as profit swells. Nadella's email last week attempted to explain this "seeming incongruence" as the "enigma of success." Some employees weren't satisfied with the explanation.

These people get paid so much for spouting this utter bullshit every day. I hope they have moments when they realize the hollowness of what they do.

• cloud services exceeded $75 billion
• Office productivity software and LinkedIn, delivered $33.11 billion in revenue
• Personal Computing unit, which encompasses Windows, search advertising, devices and video games, totaled $13.45 billion

Writing is on the wall. Xbox and Windows made money, but a fraction of what Office and enterprise services made.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/33767928

Vertical integration. Windows underpins Office, and even cloud services.

Xbox though, they've already pretty much written its epitaph.

"We're entering FY26 with clear priorities in security, quality, and AI transformation, building on our momentum and grounded in our mission and growth-mindset culture," Hood wrote, mentioning Nadella's email. "Both the pace of change and customer expectations are continuously accelerating."

Hood's email, notably, didn't mention Microsoft's recent workforce cuts, which have exceeded 10,000 this year even as profit swells. Nadella's email last week attempted to explain this "seeming incongruence" as the "enigma of success." Some employees weren't satisfied with the explanation.

These people get paid so much for spouting this utter bullshit every day. I hope they have moments when they realize the hollowness of what they do.

customer expectations are continuously accelerating

Just make a functional OS that doesn't get in user's ways. Those are the expectations.