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They still have a lot of influence in business computing - from PCs to servers. Don't be so quick to dismiss Microsoft.
by cmircea 13y ago
They still have a lot of influence in business computing - from PCs to servers. Don't be so quick to dismiss Microsoft.
- Zigurd 13y ago5 years from now most of the currently installed PCs will be gone, and many of them will be replaced by tablets. Will those tablets be running iOS, Android, or Windows?
- freehunter 13y agoAgain, enterprise. Business. Not consumer. It doesn't matter if the tablets are running iOS, Android, or Windows. What does and will matter is, which can run Excel, which can run Word, and which can run Eclipse or Visual Studio? Because, besides IE6 apps that will continue to slowly fade, that's what businesses actually care about.
- Zigurd 13y ago> What does and will matter is, which can run Excel, which can run Word That's an open question. I would ask instead which ecosystem - Google, Bing/Hotmail/SkyDrive/Azure, Apple, Yahoo, etc. the customer uses as their "home" ecosystem.
- cmircea 13y agoMaybe. Until iOS or Android can run the whole of Windows x86 software, Windows will continue to exist and earn shitloads of cash for Microsoft.