Satya Nadella Admits Microsoft’s Biggest Misstep as Google Took the Lead
Microsoft President Satya Nadella in a recent interview stated that the company was not able to take advantage of what was later revealed to be the largest online business model - search. Speaking to Dwarkesh Patel, Nadella also said that AI is not an all-winners-go-round.
Satya Nadella Admits Microsoft’s Biggest Misstep as Google Took the Lead
New Delhi, February 23 (IANS)Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella admits the biggest blunders was failing to anticipate the power of search, a market Google has successfully capitalized on.
He stated that Microsoft initially believed that internet would stay decentralised not realising that it could become the most lucrative business model.
Then, in a bid to learn from it He said: "We (Microsoft) missed what turned out to be the biggest business model on the web, because we all assumed the web is all about being distributed."
In a chat in a conversation with YouTuber Dwarkesh Patel, Nadella was discussing the ways in which Microsoft was not aware of the significance of the search engine, whereas Google realized its potential and implemented its plan perfectly.
Understanding a technological shift is not enough; companies also need to recognise where value creation will happen," he added.
He also noted that adjusting to the changing business model is more difficult than keeping up with technological advances.
Nadella was a one of the main technological changes during his career, including the transition from mainframes to personal computers which was followed by the advent of client-server architecture.
He also talked about the advent of the internet, and recalled how the introduction of Mosaic as well as Netscape browsers required Microsoft to adjust.
The company was able to adapt to the new browser technology as it introduced a brand new method of building applications.
Nadella joined Microsoft in 1992, after having worked for Sun Microsystems, Nadella has seen numerous wave of innovation.
He holds a degree of electrical engineering from Mangalore University, a master's degree in computer science from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee as well as an MBA from the University of Chicago.
