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pl001 · 02-27-2014, 11:31 AM

I agree, Microsoft has also built themselves quite an ecosystem, arguably the most complete of any of the players. Mobile, desktop, software, search, gaming, cloud...despite popular opinion it's all coming together quite nicely. Combined with their absolute dominance in the corporate world and recent success in unified communications they are not going anywhere anytime soon.

In the consumer market, however, I feel they have made a huge mistake in locking down the Windows app store. This along with Apple's similar tactic has allowed Android to become the Windows of the mobile world. I don't know if they will ever surpass Android now, but I expect at some point they will surpass iOS again.

02-27-2014, 11:31 AM	#67
pl001 Evangelist Posts: 459 Karma: 4818038 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Nook, Nook Color, EVO3D, Surface RT, Galaxy S5, Surface 3	I agree, Microsoft has also built themselves quite an ecosystem, arguably the most complete of any of the players. Mobile, desktop, software, search, gaming, cloud...despite popular opinion it's all coming together quite nicely. Combined with their absolute dominance in the corporate world and recent success in unified communications they are not going anywhere anytime soon. In the consumer market, however, I feel they have made a huge mistake in locking down the Windows app store. This along with Apple's similar tactic has allowed Android to become the Windows of the mobile world. I don't know if they will ever surpass Android now, but I expect at some point they will surpass iOS again. Last edited by pl001; 02-27-2014 at 11:45 AM.