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Microsoft made a very large bet on Windows 8 for tablets, making trade-offs against traditional desktop users. You need to also take into account how Windows 8
by randomfool 14y ago
Microsoft made a very large bet on Windows 8 for tablets, making trade-offs against traditional desktop users. You need to also take into account how Windows 8 impacts Microsoft's $20,000,000,000 in Windows revenue.
I wouldn't call this a death spiral either, but what you're seeing is a large bet not paying out as expected.
- brudgers 14y agoMicrosoft sold 40,000,000 windows 8 licenses in 30 days. Those licenses carry very low manufacturing and delivery costs. Their tablets carry high logistical costs and the article suggests a change of about 2,000,000 units over 90 days. Microsoft is not a hardware company. They haven't made a significant bet on becoming one.