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Agree that technically mobile is embedded, but mobile is more popularly considered a separate market from embedded. For example, while a phone and a washing mac
by SlipperySlope 14y ago
Agree that technically mobile is embedded, but mobile is more popularly considered a separate market from embedded. For example, while a phone and a washing machine may have the same sort of CPU, most engineers consider these separate markets.
Do you think that Steve Ballmer will be the one that wakes up, or does the board find a new chief executive?
- sounds 14y agoI don't know if Ballmer will stay or not as CEO, but remember that he and his good friend Gates still have a controlling share of the company. What separates mobile from embedded won't shield mobile, or Microsoft, from the race-to-the-bottom, cloning, and short product lifespans that make embedded such a hard business to be in.
- vidarh 14y ago> Gates still have a controlling share of the company. No, he doesn't. He holds around 6% of Microsoft. He lost his controlling stake with the Microsoft IPO in 1986