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It almost feels like MS is setting itself up to be able to throw their whole OEM ecosystem out the door. MS is seeing their market shrink, so they may decide to
by SoftwareMaven 14y ago
It almost feels like MS is setting itself up to be able to throw their whole OEM ecosystem out the door. MS is seeing their market shrink, so they may decide to stop sharing it with other people like they have in the past. They are starting by getting their toes in the water with Surface, Azure and direct-licensed upgrades to Windows.
If so, that would be the boldest thing I've seen from Balmer (which is why I'm very hesitant to actually believe it).
- marshray 14y agoOut of curiosity, how do you see Azure fitting in to this plan?
- r00fus 14y agoEasy - it's the fabric on which the iCloud-like services from Microsoft will be delivered. Didn't Apple rely on Azure (in addition to other cloud providers) for iCloud? Or am I completely off the mark there?
- marshray 14y agoI'm wondering why the traditional OEMs would feel betrayed by new cloud services. I guess it fits the general "post-PC" theme.