They just partnered with Nokia that still makes 1/3 of all phones globally. They just purchased the fastest growing telecom company in the world (Skype).
Microsoft is a battleship. It moves incredibly slowly, but once it turns, and sets its guns on something it brings an immense amount of firepower to bear.
Years ago, people complained about Microsoft's take on security. Win 7 is now one of the most secure OS's on the market. People a couple years ago were complaining about how ugly Windows was... Win 7 mobile is gorgeous, and previews show that Metro is going to be prominent in Win 8. I'd bet that Windows is going to be a force to be reckoned with in mobile, but it's going to take a couple of years.
Win 7 is now one of the most secure OS's on the marketWin 7 is now one of the most secure OS's on the market
Yep, that's why it took two weeks for my wife's machine to be compromised with malware, and it was back to Ubuntu for her. Windows 7 is definitely an improvement, but for the two years she's run Ubuntu, there have been absolutely no malware issues. Now, if all the damned video codecs worked appropriately...
Microsoft is a battleship. It moves incredibly slowly, but once it turns, and sets its guns on something it brings an immense amount of firepower to bear.
Years ago, people complained about Microsoft's take on security. Win 7 is now one of the most secure OS's on the market. People a couple years ago were complaining about how ugly Windows was... Win 7 mobile is gorgeous, and previews show that Metro is going to be prominent in Win 8. I'd bet that Windows is going to be a force to be reckoned with in mobile, but it's going to take a couple of years.