I'm really lucky to where most of the people that I care a lot about are still alive, but I realize that that's a finite luxury. Sooner or later either I or one of those people are going to die, and it's going to be sad.<p>I think I'm gonna call my mom.
> Satya, who took over the role of CEO in 2014, had been working on designing products to better serve users with disabilities. He said he had been using lessons he learned while raising and supporting Zain.<p>Within the video games space, Microsoft and Sony have had an intriguing "arms race" related to accessibility across their platform. I can only assume Zain's condition was a motivating factor for Nadella.
One of my biggest hopes is to be survived by all of my children. I can't imagine what it's like to bury your child. All the best to the Nadellas :/
Deepest condolences to the Nadella family. Their love for their son and his memory are a blessing.<p>If you have been exposed to software accessibility, you know how challenging technology can be for people with even minor disabilities. Zain's father's love and dedication has had a profound impact improving the lives of many others.
RIP mate.<p>Deepest condolences for the Nadellas in this time of grief.<p>Reading Satya's book it was apparent how much he loved his son. I hope the trauma of losing him doesn't mean his tenure at MS is over. He has done great things for disabled people all around the world through improving accessibility on Xbox and Windows. Something as simple as being able to play games because of the initiatives he put in place make the world of difference.
As the Dad of a preemie, our only child who died at age 25, my heart goes out to the Nadella family.<p>It would not surprise me in the least if Nadella steps down as CEO sooner rather than later. The trauma is that large.
Having children is such a crap shoot. Cerebral palsy is one of those conditions where you don't seem to get any warning that it's going to happen and if it's severe enough, your life is now round-the-clock care for someone who will die incredibly young (but still take years, usually), never be able to live independently and arguably has no quality-of-life at all.<p>And that becomes your life.<p>At least the Nadyellas are fortunate enough such that they have the means for this to have not been a totally consuming. This is of course a tragedy still. This is a burden they've had for years. My condolences. Truly.<p>It's so tragic that some people can just be born with horrible disabilities where they or their carers can never again have a normal life.
Sometimes when I complain about small aspects of my comfortable life, I need to look around and see people like Satya, who was able to not just juggle but be extraordinary in both his personal and professional lives. I just cant imagine how he did it. A true inspiration.
Wow. I'm so, so sorry for Satya and his family. Zain seems like he was a beautiful person. What an absolute titan of a father, who not only has achieved incredible success, but who also made sure to share proudly with the world of technology all the lessons he learned about accessibility from Zain and the perspective of the disabled. Zain and Satya, you've made such an impact. God bless you.
Condolences to Mr. Nadella & family.<p>When my son was born, he had experienced symmetric intra-uterine growth restriction; something that seems like Zain Nadella experienced as well. It was clear looking at the photos in the NICU and meeting different parents, that some things come for us all, rich and poor.
Satya shared some information about Zain’s story about 5 years ago: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/moment-forever-changed-our-lives-satya-nadella" rel="nofollow">https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/moment-forever-changed-our-li...</a>
There is nothing in this world more difficult and heartbreaking than losing a child and I pray to God nobody has to go through this. Deepest sympathies for the entire family.
Sincere condolences to the Nadella family. It’s my understanding that Zain has two sisters Divya and Tara, my heart goes out to them especially. Siblings are often the forgotten mourners.
Very sad. I wish the best to the Nadella family.<p>Props to him putting focus on people with disabilities to make Windows and other applications easier to use. Many programmers like myself without any disabilities often can forget that many people suffer from different disabilities so making apps and websites easier to use is important.<p>I will try to improve all the usability of the stuff I work on going forward.
It’s sad to think about but I feel like one of my greatest accomplishments in life is outliving my parents. I couldn’t fathom the grief they’d have gone through had they had to witness or otherwise deal with my death.
I'm surprised and saddened to hear this.<p>The best managers I've had, have had children with long-term illnesses. I think such a misfortune humanizes people in positions of power.
No one deserves. Humanity should strive to abolish the scourge of disease and death.<p>I hope Microsoft is able to contribute to efforts to utilize machine learning to create novel gene therapies for these kinds of congenital disorders.
There's a lot of wisdom and love in this thread and it makes me very happy.<p>My deepest condolences to all who lose a loved one, and to parents who lose children only more love.<p>Satya and family, I mourn with you
It seems like the unspoken implication is that the umbilical cord wrapped around the baby's neck, resulting in in-utero asphyxiation? However, the baby was born weighing only three pounds, which would seem to signify something else wrong prior to the asphyxiation, no?
My heart goes out to the Nadella family.<p>I would suggest either of these two as a better link for this:<p><a href="https://www.ibtimes.com/zain-nadella-microsoft-ceo-satya-nadellas-son-dies-26-3418278" rel="nofollow">https://www.ibtimes.com/zain-nadella-microsoft-ceo-satya-nad...</a><p><a href="https://www.geekwire.com/2022/zain-nadella-1996-2022-microsoft-ceos-son-remembered-for-love-of-music-bright-smile-profound-impact-on-his-dad/" rel="nofollow">https://www.geekwire.com/2022/zain-nadella-1996-2022-microso...</a><p>The Yahoo! article is both lazily written and lazily edited ("Microsoft says ..." is an unnecessary and unfortunate title prefix, for news of this kind.)