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I'm not a fan of microsoft, but this is pretty short sighted. The convergence game is just warming up, and microsoft is in position.

• jabits 14y ago
  I am a fan of Microsoft, and I agree.
• damian2000 14y ago
  So how long do you need - 12 more years? Because that's how long MS has so far been trying and failing to get a decent market share of the smartphone market. They started with Windows Mobile back in April, 2000 and have always been playing catchup.
• IheartApplesDix 14y ago
  The critical error of the author is that it thinks that the "mobile device" train is a short, fast and modular train, gliding into the future on rails of virtualization, having just left the station of Grand Regulatory Capture Central When it's more like a dilapidated, hodgepodge of bandwagons, each with their own castle walls, all propped up on the rails, sometimes; sometimes using their own temporary locomotion (you know, to make their car go faster than the rest of the train). and it's still being pushed down the tracks, not by the train going anywhere with a destination in mind for the passengers, but by being pushed down the tracks by others latching their bandwagon on the back and needing the extra room. It doesn't matter what the destination is, as long as people get on and pay for tickets. Once the train is finished (it's never finished), you'll find that it doesn't go anywhere or move it just stretches from coast to coast. To get to your destination, you just move from one car to the next, on foot. As a result, the train pretty much is now just a place for bandits to tear away useful parts and build something that's actually mobile. The Rails are HTML5, the cars are your platform of choice, and neither is capable of working together for the entire length of track.