Microsoft: Timing and Distraction
June 16, 2021
From my point of view, the defining event of 2021 was the one-two punch of SolarWinds and the Microsoft Exchange Server breaches. I call these “missteps” because the jargon of the cyber wizards at the Redmond outfit and the legions of cyber security vendors talk around compromising systems in ways which are mind boggling. Yep, a “misstep.” Not worth worrying about.
I scanned the research data in “Unsuccessful Tech Projects Get Axed During the Pandemic” and checked with my trusty red ink ball point pen, these items. Let’s just assume these data are close enough for horse shoes, shall we?
- 30 percent of a sample of 700 plus “professionals” say they killed one or more unsuccessful digital transformation projects. Okay, one third failure rate. How’s that work if one is building 100 school buses? Yep, one third go up in flames, presumably killing some of the occupants. Call it 20 children per bus when one detonates. That works out to 600 no longer functioning children. Acceptable? Okay for software, just not for school buses.
- 65 percent of the sample are going to try and try again. Improving methods? No data on that, so we can figure one third of these digital adventures will drive off a cliff I assume.
- Making the right decision is almost a guess. The article’s data suggest that 29 percent of those in the sample “struggle to keep pace with technological developments.” So let’s do marketing, maybe hand waving, or just some Jazz Age razzle dazzle, right?
That what I thought when I read “Windows 11 Has Leaked Online: What the Next Version of Windows Looks Like.” This write up does not talk about addressing the software update methods, the trust mechanisms within the Windows ecosystem, nor the vulnerabilities of decades old practices for libraries and dynamic linked libraries, among others. Nope. It’s this in my opinion:
Image source: Noemi P.
A new look, snappy dance moves, and distraction. The tune is probably going to be a toe tapper. The only hitch is that the missteps of SolarWinds and Microsoft Exchange Server missteps might throw the marketing routine off beat.
Stephen E Arnold, June 16, 2021
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