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Originally Posted by hardcastle
Microsoft has a company culture that isn't compatible with consumer-facing long-term support though. They nuke anything that doesn't dominate immediately and come back in six months with the same broken attempt. Games for Windows, the Zune, Internet Explorer 7-11, for example. They even get a little antsy around the Xbox, suddenly swerving in their approaches every few years despite few necessary reason for doing so. I don't expect the Surface to stick around unless it really starts making waves by the end of the year, and I guarantee Microsoft will be back with another attempt soon after, leaving many consumers high and dry.
Microsoft will be an interesting one to watch. They're careful and wily when it comes to enterprise ecosystems, and they know how to stay entrenched. The new CEO might have a better idea of how to draw the consumer-side into the that same mode of thinking.
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You have artfully and correctly described Microsoft's consumer market endeavors. They have mastered the ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
