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Episode 147 — There’s Always a Bigger Fish

Exponent

Ben Thompson / James Allworth

Technology

4.6832 Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2018

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Ben and James discuss Microsoft’s reorganization, how Satya Nadella has managed the decline of Windows, and how it applies to Apple and services. Presented by WordPress.com: Get 15% off on a new site by visiting WordPress.com/Exponent. Links Ben Thompson: The End of Windows — Stratechery Ben Thompson: Stratechery 4.0 — Stratechery Ben Thompson: Services, Not Devices — Stratechery Ben Thompson: The Curse of Culture — Stratechery Ben Thompson: The Truth About Windows and the Mac — Stratechery Ben Thompson: Microsoft’s Monopoly Hangover — Stratechery Ben Thompson: Why Microsoft’s Reorganization Is a Bad Idea — Stratechery Ben Thompson: Redmond and Reality … Continue reading Episode 147 — There’s Always a Bigger Fish

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, James.

0:01.1

Ben, how are you?

0:02.9

Reconfiguring my entire editorial strategy.

0:05.0

Oh, is that so?

0:06.9

So, yeah, it turns out the company that, unsurprisingly, the company that I've written

0:10.1

about the most, and this is something that you can see now on trajectory 4.0.

0:12.5

Oh, yeah, we haven't talked since I launched trajectory 4.0.

0:14.7

I watched the new version of the website.

0:15.9

Congratulations.

0:16.8

It looks awesome.

0:18.2

Well, thank you. It actually worked out well that I was launching it last week, which was the, which

0:22.9

was about the five-year anniversary of launching your checker as a whole.

0:25.6

It was kind of a nice sort of match there and also matched the fact that I was going to

0:30.0

be away and we weren't going to be able to record a podcast.

0:32.3

So the fact I didn't actually write an article that I wouldn't record a podcast worked out

0:36.3

perfectly.

0:36.8

So there you go.

0:37.6

Good,

0:37.8

good planning on my part.

0:39.9

If I might say it myself.

0:41.1

Celebrating the birthday with a holiday.

0:42.9

Exactly.

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