"We will pursue partnerships and investments to realize the competitive advantages that come with scale" I don't think Microsoft will get much more scale than

"We will pursue partnerships and investments to realize the competitive advantages that come with scale" I don't think Microsoft will get much more scale than they already have, they are on most peoples desktop already. What they should pursue is technology - they are obviously unable to create compelling technology themselves. Besides with their resources they would easily be able to buy every interesting startup in sight.