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> Microsoft effort is limited to Windows based PCs and even they might have a better advantage than Amazon. Not really. Microsoft has dozens of apps on iOS and
by scholia 10y ago
> Microsoft effort is limited to Windows based PCs and even they might have a better advantage than Amazon.
Not really. Microsoft has dozens of apps on iOS and Android, including Cortana, and it has Cortana on Xbox One as well. Microsoft also has a huge cloud business, second only to Azure. The Windows PC is one of the smaller parts of Microsoft's business nowadays.
Microsoft has a big advantage over Google, because it supports online, on-premise and hybrid operations. It has a big advantage over Apple because it doesn't really care which hardware you use.
> Amazon literally has none, no mobile and no desktops/laptops/tablets.
Amazon has a substantial tablet business with a forked version of Android, and has its own app store. It also has plug in Fire TV products (which work much better than Apple TV), and an e-reader range, with content libraries to match.
- scholia 10y ago> Microsoft also has a huge cloud business, second only to Azure Ooops. That should say "AWS"...