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Why has Microsoft found itself in third place, behind Apple and now Google, in the mobile segment of computing? Because it's not an area they've ever been inte
by ErrantX 17y ago
Why has Microsoft found itself in third place, behind Apple and now Google, in the mobile segment of computing?
Because it's not an area they've ever been interested in.
Just because Mobile is the latest and greatest area of tech development doesn't mean everyone will stop using PC's tomorrow (and more importantly - that corporates will stop using PC's tomorrow)
So Microsoft got serious about "mobile" later than Apple - but it's always been a half hearted attempt. It seems as lot like MS wanting a finger in all the markets - "just in case".
- rimantas 17y agoSo Microsoft scrabbled to jump on the mobile bandwagon much later Uhm. MS released Pocket PC in 2000, Windows mobile in 2003. Apple announced iPhone in 2007. Google aquired Anodroid, Inc. in 2005, Open Handset Alliance was announced also in 2007. So no matter how you count MS jumped mobile bandwagon earlier.
- ErrantX 17y agoWell I was sort of jumping on the same theory as the blog post. i.e. Windows Mobile was a passing thought - and it is only recently their trying to make more serious inroads. (I clarified my original comment)
- ricree 17y agoThat didn't really seem to be what the article was getting at. Windows Mobile was a serious push to try and establish itself in that area. It just turned out to be a flawed one, and the main thrust of the article was that at least some people recognized it at the time but were shot down by the head of the company.
- ErrantX 17y agoI disagree it was a serious attempt. Or at least a heartfelt one. Mobile was somewhere for windows to expand into.