> The biggest miss here seems to be by Google and Microsoft. Bear in mind that you’re talking about Ballmer-era mobile’s-no-big-deal Microsoft here, not Nadell

> The biggest miss here seems to be by Google and Microsoft. Bear in mind that you’re talking about Ballmer-era mobile’s-no-big-deal Microsoft here, not Nadella-era reimagine-the-company-around-cloud-and-services Microsoft. That kind of smart strategic offering was never going to happen during the time period it would’ve needed to happen.