[PubConf] What Is the Point Of Microsoft? by Liam Westley

Liam Westley's Ignite Deck from PubConf London 2016

Transcript

1. What is the point of … ‘What is the point of …?’ is a BBC Radio 4 documentary series about institutions and their purpose in the modern world. In the past they have tackled such institutions as; Formula 1, The Methodists, The Lord Mayor Of London, Michelin Stars, The Football Association. So I thought why not look at … Microsoft. this talk?
2. Disclaimer 1
3. ‘The Players’ Apple $750 BN Commoditised software Sells hardware
4. ‘The Players’ Microsoft $355 BN Sells software Commoditised hardware
5. ‘The Players’ Google $370 BN Facebook $230 BN Sell you
6. ‘The Players’ Amazon $180 BN sells you actual, real stuff oh yeah, and cloud stuff
7. Enterprise development Java or more specifically the JVM (which includes JRuby, Clojure, Groovy and Scala) and .NET framework are the dominant enterprise languages for creating server side software. However, do not underestimate the ability of dynamic languages such as JavaScript, Python and Go to permeate the enterprise architecture at all levels. Typescript is the Microsoft response in the world of scripting on the server.
8. .NET – more than languages • CLI – Common Language Infrastructure • Abstraction of high level languages from hardware • .NET Framework is an implementation of the CLI • CIL – Common Intermediate Language • This is IL – the hardware independent language suitable for running in the CLR • CLR – Common Language Runtime • Virtual machine that runs the IL • ‘Roslyn’ –.NET compiler for C# and VB • Native compilation will be reality
9. Does .NET have a future?
10. Open Source - Microsoft Steve Ballmer, 2001 ‘GNU GPL is a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to everything it touches’ Bill Gates, 2008 Open source, he said, creates a license ‘so that nobody can ever improve the software’
11. Open Source http://www.wired.com/2015/04/microsoft-open-source-windows-definitely-possible
12. .NET Foundation • dotnetfoundation.org • .NET Core 5 • .NET Compiler Platform (“Roslyn”) • MSBuild • ASP.NET 5 • ASP.NET SignalR • MEF • Entity Framework 6 • Xamarin.Mobile • Windows Phone Toolkit • Couchbase Lite for .NET
13. .NET Core 5 .NET that runs on more than Windows, didn’t Microsoft already do this?
14. … let’s hope it all goes well. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dotnet/archive/2014/12/04/introducing-net-core.aspx
15. Public cloud services • Amazon AWS • $5.2 billion, 50% of public cloud market • Rackspace public cloud • est $1.8 billion, 8% of public cloud market • Microsoft Azure • 6% of public cloud market • $6.3 billion, but includes Office 365, CRM online For comparison; Apple iTunes/Services stood at $18.5 billion, Facebook at $12.5 billion and Netflix at $5.5 billion
16. Cloud – Azure • Docker • Containerisation of applications • Already supporting Docker in Linux images • Docker coming soon to Windows via Hyper-V, and will likely come to Azure first • Azure Service Fabric • cloud management • SQL Server, TFS, CRM, hosted Sharepoint • SASS will also be a big driver
17. Windows • Linux/Chrome O/S versus Windows … or is it versus Windows or OS/X? • Windows 10 – make or break • free upgrades have driven heavy adoption at home • Surface and Surface Book show how Win 10 can work • Windows Server • Still great at hosting SQL Server, Exchange, Sharepoint, App Servers, and containerisation may help • But isn’t this only becoming SASS?
18. Mobile – Windows Phone • Windows Phone • < 3% market share • 10% in Europe • Low in US and Japan • Windows 10 (for Phone) • Universal application model • As good as Office as iOS and Android • Continuum might not be enough to save it
19. Mobile – iOS and Android • Office applications now launched • OneNote now joined by Word, Excel and Powerpoint • On iOS and Android tablets • Full fidelity and full editing capability • Outlook for iOS • Previously known as Accompli • Brings serious handling of e-mail, especially Exchange based e-mail • OneDrive, Skype
20. Summary • Enterprise language and runtime that is increasingly being made open source • Office won, get over it • Cloud • driven by Office 365 and Microsoft services • Windows • saved by the hardware, OEM’s are crap • Windows Mobile …. ahem • Really, Office has won