Satya Nadella
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Yeah, it's a pretty intense time.
I mean, so the way I always think is it's always helpful when you have a complete new set of competitors every decade because that keeps you fit.
I mean, so the way I always think is it's always helpful when you have a complete new set of competitors every decade because that keeps you fit.
If you think about it, I joined Microsoft in 92 when I had Novell as the big existential competitor we had.
If you think about it, I joined Microsoft in 92 when I had Novell as the big existential competitor we had.
And here we are in 2026.
And here we are in 2026.
And you're absolutely right.
And you're absolutely right.
It's a pretty intense time.
It's a pretty intense time.
I'm glad there's the competition.
I'm glad there's the competition.
It's quite honestly, at the end of the day, when I look at it, as a percentage of GDP, five years from now, where will tech be?
It's quite honestly, at the end of the day, when I look at it, as a percentage of GDP, five years from now, where will tech be?
It will be higher.
It will be higher.
So we are blessed to be in this industry.
So we are blessed to be in this industry.
It's a lot of intense competition, but it's not so zero sum as some people make it out to be.