Microsoft simply could not dictate to the telcos like they did to the PC manufacturers in the 1990s. The telcos decide what phones get sold to consumers. Kin, f

Microsoft simply could not dictate to the telcos like they did to the PC manufacturers in the 1990s. The telcos decide what phones get sold to consumers. Kin, for example, was killed because no telco wanted it. Telcos like Android - its free and they can skin it. Microsoft has been arrogant and toxic to every one of the mobile phone manufactures that partnered with it. It is ironic that Android, with its free software Linux kernel, is crushing Microsoft worldwide in the most dominating fashion! If smartphones are true personal computers, then Microsoft is toast.