Vista Equity Partners

also referred to as: vista

4 statements across 1 episodes · 0 bullish · 3 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jul 22, 2024 by Ben Gilbert · said 1 times in 1 episodes since 2022 · across every show →

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Jul 22, 2024 negative

Opinion

Ben Gilbert: Windows Vista killed developer excitement for Microsoft platforms

“I also think this is the death of Microsoft as an interesting platform for developers. Who is writing Vista apps? The Win-Thirty-Two API as a potential target for my new, interesting, innovative application, it's just not a thing anymore.”

Ben Gilbert Jul 22, 2024 ▶ 2:32:30 Microsoft Volume II: The Complete History and Strategy of the Ballmer Years (Audio) · Acquired

Jul 22, 2024 neutral

Assertion Contradicted

Rosenthal: Microsoft pulled Brian Valentine from Exchange to rescue Vista

“Taking Brian Valentine off of Exchange. Exchange was freaking killing it in the enterprise. And he goes and spends two years getting Vista out the door and then goes to Amazon.”

David Rosenthal Jul 22, 2024 ▶ 2:35:34 Microsoft Volume II: The Complete History and Strategy of the Ballmer Years (Audio) · Acquired

Jul 22, 2024 bearish

Opinion

Vista Marked the Permanent End of Microsoft's Consumer Leadership

“The death of Microsoft as a relevant consumer technology company. They never recovered from this as a leader.”

David Rosenthal Jul 22, 2024 ▶ 2:32:14 Microsoft Volume II: The Complete History and Strategy of the Ballmer Years (Audio) · Acquired

Jul 22, 2024 negative

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Rosenthal: Steve Ballmer called Vista the worst moment of his CEO tenure

“In that conversation that we had with Steve, where he, you know, made the comment about my acquisitions, my mistakes, we just lost money on the bad ones, the genesis of that conversation was about Vista. You know, he was reflecting, he said, that probably was …”

David Rosenthal Jul 22, 2024 ▶ 2:34:59 Microsoft Volume II: The Complete History and Strategy of the Ballmer Years (Audio) · Acquired

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