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# When Microsoft Office Went Enterprise
- URL: https://werd.io/when-microsoft-office-went-enterprise/
- Published: 2022-01-22T18:05:08.000Z
- Updated: 2022-01-22T18:05:08.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:24

“Practically, any time someone tries to take on two conflicting perspectives in one product, the product comes across as a compromise. It is neither one nor the other, but a displeasing mess. The hope I had at the start was that by deprioritizing our traditional retail-customer focus on personal productivity at the start of the release, we avoided the messy middle. We succeeded at that, but I was struggling with how unsatisfying this felt.”

\[[Link](https://future.a16z.com/hardcore-software-when-microsoft-office-went-enterprise/)\]