Microsoft:
To celebrate the holidays, Microsoft employees, who were selected from across the country, gathered together, meeting each other for the first time, at the new Microsoft 5th Ave Store to spread some holiday wishes. Joined by a local NYC children’s youth choir, they share a message of peace and harmony with their neighbor down the street.
I hope we’re not too cynical and jaded that we can’t just sit back, watch this video and accept its message this holiday season.
Amen!
Tim Cook took over as CEO of Apple in 2011.
Ginni Rometty took over as CEO of IBM in 2012.
Apple & IBM announce their partnership in 2014.
Satya Nadella took over as CEO of Microsoft in 2014.
Microsoft rolls out iOS & Android services for Azure in 2015.
Microsoft is back on stage at an Apple event in 2015.
This stuff starts at the top.
I thought it was a beautiful ad, a nice and milder take of ‘Christmas in the Trenches’, the 1914 Christmas Truce between the British and German lines on the Western Front during the Great War. It won’t change my mind about Microsoft nor make me want to buy any of their products, I bought an Apple II in 1981 and a Mac in 84, I’m certainly not going to change ‘religion’ now for just a song.
101 years ago, 2 Christian nations at war took a few hour break of killing each other to celebrate a common thread and tradition. On a much lighter note, today 2 tech companies took a few minute break of competing against each other to celebrate a common trait and market. Yet however much I still dislike Microsoft, the 2 main evildoers are gone and Nadella seems to know not to bite the hand that feeds. I applaud them for showing up on the enemy’s ground no less, to bring some Christmas cheer in such a warm and touching manner. I certainly hope that some of that cheer will also find its way in the hearts of the general public at large.
Quick, everyone get your surface tablets out and beat them to dea…. Oh, sorry, for a minute I thought it maybe a plot for the iron throne.
As you were.
Very nice then.
This video will henceforth be known as the “Microsoft surrenders” video.
Surprisingly touching. Well done.
I just saw this on TV yesterday and was expecting a bit of cynicism in the comments (it is the internet after all). Pleasantly surprised that there isn’t. I thought the spot was mildly amusing and had great sentiment for the season. Well done, Microsoft.