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> You assume that their current market position is because they dropped the ball rather than a deliberate choice to step back from being the prominent leader.
by tekknik 5y ago
> You assume that their current market position is because they dropped the ball rather than a deliberate choice to step back from being the prominent leader.
A business willingly choosing to make less money and get out competed by competitors? Why did they then attempt to create a windows phone then pull it after failure?
- onion2k 5y agoI didn't say they aren't leading. I said they stepped back from being the prominent leader. Microsoft is making more money now than ever. https://www.geekwire.com/2021/microsoft-beats-earnings-estimates-41-7b-revenue-19-15-5b-profit-44/amp/ https://www.geekwire.com/2021/microsoft-beats-earnings-estim...
- tekknik 5y agoWhat does them having “more money than ever” have to do with it? Your claim was that the step back from mobile was planned and purposeful no? Why would any company choose to step back from anything?
- Nevermark 5y agoMicrosoft wrote down billions of dollars on many attempts at being king of mobile. These were colossal failures. The fact that they were such a cash generating machine doesn’t imply that they didn’t lose out on being a much bigger business. They didn’t step back from mobile prominence, they stepped back from repeated mobile failures, licked their wounds, and refocused on other areas because they had lost their chance. And they knew it. Of course, every day is a new opportunity. Microsoft seems to be far better managed now.