Currently, Microsoft directs the vast majority of their security investments in revenue generating roles instead of internal security roles
This is understandable as they have an obligation to their shareholders to try to be profitable. Fixing things that are broken costs money and ignoring them while spending those resources elsewhere can make money.
I’m assuming Poe’s Law here and I laughed pretty hard.
Paying down tech debt is a huge part of providing shareholder value. Executives might mistakenly believe it’s not. At some point your customer experience degrades too much and people leave unless you’re balancing new functionality against paying down debt. Or, in this case, you’ve made a business model of never paying down debt and taken over the market while executing a flawless regulatory capture.
This is understandable as they have an obligation to their shareholders to try to be profitable. Fixing things that are broken costs money and ignoring them while spending those resources elsewhere can make money.
Thanks for explaining why basic societal infrastructure - even digital infrastructure - doesn’t belong in the hands of private corporations.
I’m assuming Poe’s Law here and I laughed pretty hard.
Paying down tech debt is a huge part of providing shareholder value. Executives might mistakenly believe it’s not. At some point your customer experience degrades too much and people leave unless you’re balancing new functionality against paying down debt. Or, in this case, you’ve made a business model of never paying down debt and taken over the market while executing a flawless regulatory capture.