Longtime Microsoft watcher Mary Jo Foley is our Copilot on this episode
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🗓️ 23 September 2023
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
It was a big week for Microsoft, with the unveiling of the company's latest Windows and AI features and new Surface devices at a special event in New York City on Thursday.
This was preceded, by only a few days, by the surprise resignation of Panos Panay, the chief product officer in charge of the company's Windows and Devices division. Shortly after that announcement, Bloomberg News reported that Panay was set to join Amazon as the new leader of its Devices & Services division, a surprise twist that has yet to be confirmed as of publication time.
To help sort it all out, we're excited to be joined on this episode of the GeekWire Podcast by someone who has covered the company for many years, journalist Mary Jo Foley, editor in chief at DirectionsOnMicrosoft.com.
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| 0:00.0 | Microsoft wants to streamline the various outlooks that they have. |
| 0:05.5 | They have so many different ones that every time they update it, |
| 0:08.8 | they have to update it on the Mac and they have to update it on Android and |
| 0:11.8 | they have to update it on the web and windows and it's just a mess for them. |
| 0:15.0 | That's why they're doing it. |
| 0:17.0 | Hey, GitHub Co-Pilot, just shove it in there and see what GitHub spits out. |
| 0:21.0 | Right? Let's see what happens. Compile! |
| 0:23.7 | Welcome to Geek Wire, I'm Todd Bishop. |
| 0:31.1 | Welcome to GeekWire, I'm Todd Bishop. |
| 0:33.0 | It was a big week for Microsoft with the unveiling of the company's latest Windows and AI features |
| 0:39.0 | and new service devices at a special event in New York City on Thursday. |
| 0:43.0 | This was preceded by only a few days by the surprise resignation of Pano's Pane, |
| 0:49.0 | the Chief Product Officer in charge of the company's Windows and Devices Division. |
| 0:53.0 | To help sort it all out, I'm excited to be joined by someone who is at the event in New York |
| 0:57.0 | and who has covered the company for many years. |
| 1:00.0 | Journalist Mary Joe Foley, editor-in-chief at directions on Microsoft.com. |
| 1:04.3 | Mary Jo, it's great to see you. |
| 1:06.3 | Hey Todd, thanks for having me on. |
| 1:08.1 | I wanted to start by asking you about something that Microsoft CEO Saty Nadella said at one point at the outset of the event. |
| 1:15.7 | I mean it's crazy it's kind of like the 90s are back. It's exciting to be in a place where we are bringing some software innovation and really having fun |
| 1:26.5 | enjoying this entire journey. He said it's kind of like the 90s are back. |
| 1:32.3 | Did it feel that way there? No. You know what it's exciting because this is something |
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