Microsoft chose to create Windows as an open platform where they didn't get a cut of application sales. Microsoft chose to create XBox as a platform where deve

Microsoft chose to create Windows as an open platform where they didn't get a cut of application sales. Microsoft chose to create XBox as a platform where developers who didn't pay them a cut could not sell software. Microsoft attempted to convert Windows into a platform where developers who didn't pay them a cut could not sell software with Windows RT, but it failed in the marketplace.