Microsoft Backs Out Of Wi-Fi Equipment Market

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."

Comments

Awwwww

[Roger Keith Barrett]

And I was looking forward to buying a 802.11 router based on Windows CE that breaks down every 3 hours.

One less market for Microsoft to dominate. We should all be happy.