<story><title>Microsoft reorganizes</title><url>http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/Press/2013/Jul13/07-11OneMicrosoft.aspx</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>cs702</author><text>I almost choked when I read Microsoft&amp;#x27;s new mission statement: &lt;i&gt;&amp;quot;our strategy will focus on creating a family of devices and services for individuals and businesses that empower people around the globe at home, at work and on the go, for the activities they value most.&amp;quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;In other words, Ballmer wants the company to &amp;quot;focus&amp;quot; on being everything to everyone!&lt;p&gt;Not a good sign for the business.&lt;p&gt;--&lt;p&gt;PS. Compare Ballmer&amp;#x27;s long, complicated memo to Google&amp;#x27;s mission statement: &amp;quot;to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.&amp;quot; (Source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.google.com/about/company/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.google.com&amp;#x2F;about&amp;#x2F;company&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt; )</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>tallanvor</author><text>Huh?  A strategy is not the same thing as a mission statement.  Microsoft&amp;#x27;s mission statement is &amp;quot;to help people and businesses throughout the world realize their full potential.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.microsoft.com/about/en/us/default.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.microsoft.com&amp;#x2F;about&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;us&amp;#x2F;default.aspx&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Microsoft reorganizes</title><url>http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/Press/2013/Jul13/07-11OneMicrosoft.aspx</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>cs702</author><text>I almost choked when I read Microsoft&amp;#x27;s new mission statement: &lt;i&gt;&amp;quot;our strategy will focus on creating a family of devices and services for individuals and businesses that empower people around the globe at home, at work and on the go, for the activities they value most.&amp;quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;In other words, Ballmer wants the company to &amp;quot;focus&amp;quot; on being everything to everyone!&lt;p&gt;Not a good sign for the business.&lt;p&gt;--&lt;p&gt;PS. Compare Ballmer&amp;#x27;s long, complicated memo to Google&amp;#x27;s mission statement: &amp;quot;to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.&amp;quot; (Source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.google.com/about/company/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.google.com&amp;#x2F;about&amp;#x2F;company&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt; )</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Metrop0218</author><text>This isn&amp;#x27;t an agile startup here, it&amp;#x27;s one of the world&amp;#x27;s largest software companies. I think aiming to do a lot isn&amp;#x27;t a big stretch.</text></comment>