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To: Ouderkirk
Well that's just the thing. Desktop OS systems are a dying business as everything is moving to mobile platforms - where iOS and Android dominate. If Microsoft cannot get their foot into this space, their long term prospects are not good.

Speaking for myself, I retired my last desktop system a few years ago. But I have nearly 10 mobile devices in the household, mostly consisting of smartphones and tablets. All run iOS.

7 posted on 02/19/2016 5:09:52 AM PST by SamAdams76 (Delegates So Far: Trump (17); Cruz (11); Rubio (10)
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To: SamAdams76

I wouldn’t call desktop systems and OSes a “dying business”, just a mature, commoditized one. I work on big databases on my home desktop system, and even for general browsing, the desktop computer is scads better for anything that isn’t inherently mobile (e.g. GPS) or needs a touchscreen.

Besides that, businesses live on desktops and laptops (which are often used as desktops. Mine at work is pluigged into three monitors, and a keyboard designed for grown American man hands). Microsoft still makes lots of money and lots of profit, and will do so as long as they can hold ontothe enterprise.


9 posted on 02/19/2016 5:18:54 AM PST by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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