Nadella's Mantra for Microsoft: 'Productivity.' Is That Counterproductive? - Businessweek

Judging from the tech news today -- with collaborative workspaces, new email tools/services, and redoubled focus on productivity tools -- it's 1996 all over again...

"Microsoft has started to make flat-out dazzling products. It’s hard to believe, but it’s true. The new Band health monitor has sold out and brought long lines to Microsoft stores for the first time ever. The new lineup of Windows Phones rivals anything else out there in terms of hardware and software design. Getting people to entertain such ideas and give forgotten products a try is another matter. The promise of more productivity hardly seems like the clarion call that Microsoft has been missing, but that’s what Nadella is betting on—and perhaps he’ll surprise us."

Nadella's Mantra for Microsoft: 'Productivity.' Is That Counterproductive? - Businessweek