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Microsoft Volume I: The Complete History and Strategy
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Tune in and enjoy… Microsoft. Links: Congress changing copyright law in 1980 to include “computer programs”. Acquired “classic” on Microsoft’s 1987 acquisition of Forethought / PowerPoint.

Microsoft Volume II: The Complete History and Strategy
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You just became a stickier Microsoft customer. I feel like this often goes overlooked in the, oh, Microsoft’s a big boring enterprise company right now.

Acompli, Sunrise, and Wunderlist (w/ Kurt DelBene): The Complete History and Strategy
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Ben and David have special guest Kurt DelBene on to discuss Microsoft's acquisition of Acompli, Sunrise, and Wunderlist.

Special: Conversation with Microsoft's Head of Strategic Investments Brian Schultz: The Complete History and Strategy
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Special: Conversation with Microsoft's Head of Strategic Investments Brian Schultz. Season 1, Episode 27. December 16, 2016.

The Steve Ballmer Interview: The Complete History and Strategy
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We sit down with Steve Ballmer, the legendary former Microsoft CEO and owner of the LA Clippers, for an epic conversation covering his 34 years at Microsoft.

Writely (Google Docs): The Complete History and Strategy
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David: It's interesting, and Microsoft has this challenge too for a long time. They were the Windows company, the operating system company for a long time.

Amazon Web Services: The Complete History and Strategy
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Microsoft considers product management a marketing function. It's owned in the marketing or again, as much more, go to market oriented, or as Microsoft's program manager, is in the engineering org.

Slack + Salesforce Emergency Pod with Packy McCormick of Not Boring: The Complete History and Strategy
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Packy: The biggest number one thing that kept Slack beaten down is just the threat of Microsoft teams. Not just the spectre of Microsoft teams, but Microsoft teams and Microsoft generally has gone after Slack by name.

LinkedIn: The Complete History and Strategy
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So basically Microsoft’s lock-in in the enterprise comes from the fact that they own identity and everything that stems from that.

Making your customers your secret weapon (with Highspot's Oliver Sharp): The Complete History and Strategy
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Oliver has serious software cred: he first joined Microsoft in 1984, and then later became part of Bill Gates' famous "TA" staff after Microsoft acquired his first startup.

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