Microsoft offers to buy out a quarter of its workforce
tambourine_man
21 points
3 comments
October 27, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (3 comments)
Danox
The age of Nandella coming to an end, Copilot, Xbox, AI, missing mobile, the ill-fated Surface team up with Nvidia, the triple ill-fated Surface team up with Qualcomm, one massive buyout after another like Blizzard games the current management is lost and listing at sea, massive AI spending: $140 billion Capex through 2026 with no real profit in sight…
gnabgib
Lots of discussion yesterday (977 points, 976 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50245524
salawat
Why not just buy out like 1% and change everything. Change out management. Lord knows, new blood would probably do the place good.