Article: How Microsoft is giving its customers ‘a slap in the face, but in a good way’

Matt Weinberger of Business Insider talks to James Niesewand, the CEO […]

Matt Weinberger of Business Insider talks to James Niesewand, the CEO of Illyriad Games, about the new Microsoft and their genuine cultural shift.

James Niesewand, CEO of small gaming company and Microsoft partner Illyriad Games, says that his company has been a direct beneficiary of the new Microsoft philosophy, and yet the SQL Server news was still a big surprise.

“That’s like a slap in the face, in a good way,” Niesewand says. “[It’s] a wake-up call.”

Check it out the full interview on the Business Insider, Enterprise section