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It makes some short-term sense. It seems like they're focusing on the enterprise element of their business, which is what's making more money, has fewer player
by e1ven 7y ago
It makes some short-term sense.
It seems like they're focusing on the enterprise element of their business, which is what's making more money, has fewer players to work with, etc.
I'd imagine they see their future closer to HP than Apple.
- ocdtrekkie 7y agoOh, sure, Satya's strategy has done wonders for Microsoft's stock value, but Microsoft's constant retreats from various parts of their ecosystem sequentially harms the remaining parts of their ecosystem. The further they retreat, the less people have a reason to build on Microsoft's platforms. And bear in mind, HP is a hardware company, they aren't worried about what platform is running on their hardware. Microsoft is a software company, which is a very different ball game.
- mey 7y agoThey are working very hard to be a SaaS and cloud infra company. It's why they are promoting iOS and Android with Office 365.
- ocdtrekkie 7y agoThe problem is they're playing in someone else's sandbox that way. Google is a competitor on SaaS and cloud infrastructure, and have the ability to directly integrate their services with Chrome and Android, whereas Microsoft does not.