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I was reading a WSJ interview with MSFT’s CEO, but I stopped reading after the first exchange:

http://www.wsj.com/articles/microsofts-quiet-office-evolution-under-satya-nadella-1443557059

WSJ: Technologies like Dropbox and GoToMeeting have enabled new ways of working in the last few years, but few of those technologies came from Microsoft. What does that mean?

Mr. Nadella: There has always been competition. The only way to deal with it is to keep innovating, and that’s what we do.

I don’t have time to continue reading boilerplate stuff like that, LOL.

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MSFT acquires LNKD for $26.2B in cash:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-acquire-linkedin-123600375.html

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MSFT—Special version of Windows-10 for China’s government:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/microsoft-modifies-windows-10-for-chinas-government-1490097182

Microsoft Corp. has finished development of a Windows 10 version customized for Chinese government use, which could boost its China prospects after sales were hit by Beijing’s cybersecurity crackdown.

Microsoft declined to say how the software was modified, but in general China’s government is concerned about technology products that could contain hidden “back doors” to enable foreign surveillance.