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focus on creating a family of devices and services It is interesting in that the focus has moved away from software of any kind to devices and services. It is
by stonemetal 13y ago
focus on creating a family of devices and services
It is interesting in that the focus has moved away from software of any kind to devices and services. It is a bold move towards a post OS, Office, post COTS software Microsoft. But you are right it is about as generic as it gets, change two or three words and it could equally be describing a car company.
- SkyMarshal 13y ago"family of devices and services" also implies walled garden. Not that MS hasn't always been about that, but it's clear they're doubling down on it.
- Silhouette 13y agoNot that MS hasn't always been about that, but it's clear they're doubling down on it. They might as well play by the same rules as their competitors. It's unfortunate for consumers, and I hope that in the long run market forces and/or regulation will open things up again. However, for the immediate future, if your major competitors are running closed worlds and you're the only guys running an open one, there's only one direction that customers can move in.