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Actually, I do see more upside potential for MSFT than for Amazon or Google. Google seems to be already on its peak - same for Amazon (I don't think they will g
by tlogan 13y ago
Actually, I do see more upside potential for MSFT than for Amazon or Google. Google seems to be already on its peak - same for Amazon (I don't think they will go down just peaked).
Here is my reasoning:
- Windows Phone: not really because they are great but retardness of Android phone manufacturers (especially Samsung) gives them an excellent chance to gain a significant market share
- XBox + Skype: they might become the central entertainment and communication system in nearly every living room in the world
- Yammer, SkyDrive, Skype, Web Office and other cloud solutions for enterprises: Definitely something companies are going to try.
As somebody else said, Microsoft is the best when they are underdog so I do understand why Larry is so concerned about Microsoft.
- untog 13y agoretardness of Android phone manufacturers (especially Samsung) gives them an excellent chance to gain a significant market share Are you serious? Samsung has a huge market share- more than every other Android manufacturer. And you're saying they are "retarded"?
- tlogan 13y agoYes - I'm. Let me give you example from the past. Yahoo! Mail was the leading email provider before Gmail. And one of reasons of Gmail success is retardness of Yahoo!: they were actually actively working on making Yahoo! Email less useful (restricting IMAP support, restricting storage, adding more ads, etc.). The similar things Samsung is doing now. The same could be said for MySpace. And Informix (their CEO actually went to jail). In sort, past performance does not guarantee future result.
- eclipxe 13y agoHow exactly is Samsung working to make their devices less useful?
- untog 13y agoTo further eclipxe's question (because I think I know how you're going to answer it)- how is Samsung working to make their devices less useful that they haven't already been doing during their meteoric rise to dominance?
- city41 13y agoAs an aside, why do you feel Windows phones are not "great"? Full disclosure I used to work for MS, but I have no product loyalty for any company. My previous two phones were iPhones, and for the first time ever I finally feel like I have a great smartphone with my Nokia Lumia (WP8). I'm stumped why everyone is so down on WP8. Granted, the app store is pretty grim. If that is the main concern, then fair enough. But I feel like the phone/OS themselves are stellar.
- RivieraKid 13y agoI agree with you and I expected that WP will start eating Android's share, because until recently, Android's UX sucked. Why were consumers buying plasticky phones with the slow and unintuitive Android instead of Lumia phones? Similarly baffling was that Palm Pre completely failed as an iPhone competitor. Some of the possible reasons: * It was a market failure, consumers weren't choosing what was best for them. * WP came too late. * Thanks to its flexibility and openess, Android was able to fill various market niches.
- city41 13y agoYeah all of that is true. WP7/WP8 taking so long is probably something they will never fully recover from. Not to mention the WP7->WP8 nonexistent upgrade path. But my curiosity is in the phone and OS itself. People seem to hate on it, and I don't get where that hate is coming from. Taken at face value, Windows Phone 8 is a really great phone OS.
- untog 13y agoWebOS was great, but failed. That could well have been marketing, and MS have that covered. I did like my Windows Phone a lot, lack of apps excepted. But then I found out I had no upgrade path to WP8, so I went back to Android- which, in the mean time, had a huge upgrade to 4.0, so the UI isn't even so far behind any more.