Microsoft Told Us That LLMs Were a Boon for Azure and 'Clown Computing', But the Thousands of Layoffs This Month Prove That It Was a Lie All Along
Azure is collapsing.
Last week: Microsoft Azure Laying Off Thousands, Not Hundreds!
AS we explained last week in very simple (or simplistic) terms, published under the title Faking Azure 'Demand', there's a scam going on at Microsoft under Nadella. Microsoft is basically faking "business" by becoming its own client (in other words, just passing money around) and moreover, Microsoft is offering "clown computing" 'credits' as if they're real money. Those so-called 'credits' represent debt, as that's what they are.
Microsoft is trying to buy time to keep shareholders onboard while its debt is surging and layoffs add up to tens of thousands (belated efforts to cut costs). Trying to attack the messenger, e.g. abuse against families and SLAPP litigation by Microsofters, won't change the underlying facts. We shall repeat these facts. Again. And again. And Again. █
"One strategy that Microsoft has employed in the past is paying for the silence of people and companies. Charles Pancerzewski, formerly Microsoft’s chief auditor, became aware of Microsoft’s practice of carrying earnings from one accounting period into another, known as “managing earnings”. This practice smoothes reported revenue streams, increases share value, and misleads employees and shareholders. In addition to being unethical, it’s also illegal under U.S. Securities Law and violates Generally Accepted Accounting Practices (Fink).
-2002 story about Charles Pancerzewski, Microsoft