Episode 147 — There’s Always a Bigger Fish

Ben and James discuss Microsoft’s reorganization, how Satya Nadella has managed the decline of Windows, and how it applies to Apple and services.

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Links

• Ben Thompson: The End of Windows — Stratechery (stratechery.com/2018/the-end-of-windows)

• Ben Thompson: Stratechery 4.0 — Stratechery (stratechery.com/2018/stratechery-4-0)

• Ben Thompson: Services, Not Devices — Stratechery (stratechery.com/2013/services-not-devices)

• Ben Thompson: The Curse of Culture — Stratechery (stratechery.com/2016/the-curse-of-culture)

• Ben Thompson: The Truth About Windows and the Mac — Stratechery (stratechery.com/2013/apple-open-and-learning-f…)

• Ben Thompson: Microsoft’s Monopoly Hangover — Stratechery (stratechery.com/2017/microsofts-monopoly-hango…)

• Ben Thompson: Why Microsoft’s Reorganization Is a Bad Idea — Stratechery (stratechery.com/2013/why-microsofts-reorganiza…)

• Ben Thompson: Redmond and Reality — Stratechery (stratechery.com/2015/redmond-reality)

• Ben Thompson: Apple’s Organizational Crossroads — Stratechery (stratechery.com/2016/apples-organizational-cro…)

• The Seven-Year Itch: How Apple’s Marriage to Siri Turned Sour — The Information (theinformation.com/articles/the-seven-year-itc…)

• Ben Thompson: The Disruption of IBM — Stratechery (stratechery.com/2014/daily-update-disruption-i…)

Hosts

• Ben Thompson, @benthompson (twitter.com/benthompson), Stratechery (stratechery.com)

• James Allworth, @jamesallworth (twitter.com/jamesallworth), Harvard Business Review (hbr.org/search?term=James+Allworth&sort=po…)

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