MSFTs New Mission Statement

MSFT used to have a succinct mission statement: Put "a computer on every desk and in every home."

It's new one is more of a mouthful. Outgoing CEO Steve Ballmer called it out in his final shareholder letter, which is part of Microsoft's Annual Report for 2013, which the company published on its investor site on October 7. Ballmer used last year's letter to shareholders to communicate the idea that Microsoft planned to morph from a software company to a devices and services company.

Microsoft's new corporate mission for 2013 and beyond is "to create a family of devices and services for individuals and businesses that empower people around the globe at home, at work and on the go, for the activities they value most."

How verbose!! It’s just like MST to bloat something that should be very simple to say:"Create a family of devices and services for individuals and businesses."