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This may have been true in 2005. It is emphatically not true today. The biggest story in computing today is mobile and Microsoft has nothing there. Zilch. Nada

This may have been true in 2005. It is emphatically not true today. The biggest story in computing today is mobile and Microsoft has nothing there. Zilch. Nada. They've officially ended development of Windows Phone, they have no OS, and no first-party handsets. The case for Microsoft making a great browser is as strong today as it's ever been; it's one of the few app platforms with massive global distribution they still have a shot at participating in. Look at Asia and many other ex-US locations, people don't even think of buying PCs, Windows is utterly irrelevant to these people.

golf1052 10y ago
Microsoft may have almost completely bowed out of mobile for now doesn't mean they are not doing anything in the space. They've been constantly pushing updates to Windows Mobile (see https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/tag/windows-insider-program/#7z0Ag8LmyH5jbxPi.97 https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/tag/windows-insi...) and they still sell first party Windows Mobile devices (Lumia 950, 950 XL). Basically nobody cares at this point but they're still slowly moving along in mobile. Probably for future plans.
- nailer 10y ago
  The thing I hate about both my iPhone and Android devices is checking 12 apps for update messages. If I could have a mobile OS with a universal inbox - to read new email, messaging, Tinder/Feeld/Bumble, AirBnB, twitter, and everything else I'd use it. Like what Blackberry had 10 years ago but with most of the messages coming from apps. If I were Microsoft I'd implement it as part of the Windows SDK.