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Microsoft Backs Out Of Wi-Fi Equipment Market

Posted by timothy on from the may-mean-some-bargains dept.

Glenn Fleishman writes "Say it ain't so! Microsoft makes good consumer Wi-Fi equipment but is exiting the market, News.com reports. They'll sell out their inventory, but won't make new models or produce new product. I can't recall a case in which Microsoft had viable products and decent sales and exited instead of spending more money to compete more effectively. Or even when they had non-viable products (Pocket PC's original OS) and spent years and billions before they had something that worked. Perhaps competition from Cisco (Linksys subsidiary), NetGear, and even Apple (which has a disproportionate marketshare) made MSFT blink."

2 of 348 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Say WHAT? by CaseyB · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    That's the most ridiulous PR assertation I've seen in, well, the last 5 minutes at least.

    And that's the worst grammarization I've seen all day.

  2. It had the name "Microsoft" on the box by muckdog · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    This is the sole reason I choose not to buy it. Why fund a company that will screw me over. I wouldn't be surprise if even many of the non /. type of people felt this way as well.

    * Pats IBM keyboard and logitech optical mouse