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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."

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    1. Re:dead gnaa by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      OMFG ROFLMAO!! Finally someone puts two and two together. If this weren't offtopic I would mod you up +1 Funny.

  2. Big Deal by geekanarchy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Doesn't suprise me. Hell freezes over here in Michigan ever year.

  3. 6th post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yeaaaaa! Look at me I got 6th post!

  4. Sasser what? by kdougherty · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    They are probably vulnerable to the sasser worm! Say it ain't so!

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  5. No, you got 8th post. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    YOU FAIL IT.

  6. Buying wifi gear... by jdrogers · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I went to the store a couple weeks ago looking for a 802.11b card that would work under linux (prism or similar) and was the ms cards. *shudder* Now, I wasn't about to buy one (*shudder* again), but has anyone used one of these under non-windows?

  7. Say no to SCO by Phazz666 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Microsoft is going to far. I think this is one place we need Bill Gates to keep his hands off. The money they invest in this they could invest in hacker prevention.

  8. Re:Duh by DigiShaman · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Nike, for sneaker nets.

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  9. SWITCH? by MikeDawg · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Sad thing was, the only thing my smart-ass could think of reading half of these comments are those "old" Apple "Switch" commercials? Are they too old to even get a good joke in here somewhere?

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