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> Microsoft when Balmer took over had one direction to go: down Not at all. As mentioned here in the Vanity Fair [1] article, the iPhone could have been a Mico
by michaelwww 13y ago
> Microsoft when Balmer took over had one direction to go: down
Not at all. As mentioned here in the Vanity Fair [1] article, the iPhone could have been a Micosoft product and now brings in more revenue than the entirety of Microsoft. Ballmer said "There's no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. No chance." If you cut through everything else said, I think this is pretty damning.
[1] http://www.vanityfair.com/business/2012/08/microsoft-lost-mojo-steve-ballmer http://www.vanityfair.com/business/2012/08/microsoft-lost-mo...
- hudell 13y agoWell, if apple hadn't been forced to release iOS sdk, it probably wouldn't get any significant market share as he predicted.
- CamperBob2 13y agoThe iOS SDK was always going to be released, but only for the (then-unannounced) iPad. That's how they were able to change their tune so quickly when users demanded more than web apps.
- michaelwww 13y agoHow was it forced? Steve Jobs: Let me just say it: We want native third party applications on the iPhone, and we plan to have an SDK in developers’ hands in February. We are excited about creating a vibrant third party developer community around the iPhone and enabling hundreds of new applications for our users. [1] Oct 18, 2007 [1] https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1183763?start=0&tstart=0 https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1183763?start=0&tstart=...