In the space of less than a week in late April, two events made one thing very clear about Microsoft: The company is now pursuing a cloud-first strategy, with Windows taking a back seat. And that will continue as far into the future as the eye can see.
Stealthily getting users to use its browser is ill-advised. Why not just make the thing better?
The what, you say? Exactly!
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Its product lineup is confusing at best, but it could still come to dominate this emerging market.
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Arrogance mired the company so deep in a losing mobile strategy that it couldn’t escape until it had spent billions.
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Microsoft seems unwilling to pull the plug on a mobile OS that no one loves. It could lead a zombie existence for years.