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Microsoft is behind in the game. It´s starting (only now) to focus on cloud and mobile. It´s like they are chasing the big players. But they should be leading t
by marcofloriano 12y ago
Microsoft is behind in the game. It´s starting (only now) to focus on cloud and mobile. It´s like they are chasing the big players. But they should be leading the changes in the industry.
IMO it´s a natural consequence of the past decade's focus: personal computers. To be the top player at 1999 on this high demand market, they had to focus. And now they need to reinvent their entire business. It´s hard, but hey have some advantages: good people (as this new CEO) and money, tons of it.
- josefresco 12y agoAzure was launched 2010, and if you don't count Windows Mobile, Windows Phone was also launched in 2010. You could argue that one or both were not "significant efforts" but they certainly didn't start this year.
- seanmcdirmid 12y agoI remember ballmer saying something about "we're all in" for cloud just after I started. Also, I started in 2007 and windows mobile was definitely a thing, if not the right thing. Cloud and mobile have been priorities for awhile.
- eyko 12y agoWell, give them time. I also agree that Microsoft has the potential to be a big player in the future outside the enterprise "market". I think it will not just chase, but also innovate. The only drawback I see is while innovation is happening in a platform agnostic way, it's still mostly happening in a very unix centric way. Microsoft might be the only player in it's court, and that isolation might become a tax on them.