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Microsoft Should Dump Middlemen, Build Own Phones

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i'll-do-it-myself dept.

suraj.sun writes "Microsoft has a long and illustrious history of operating system sales. The model has served the company well on the PC, but if it wants to make money in the phone market, it needs to start thinking like a consumer electronics company and start making its own phones."

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  1. "Microsoft should..." by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    This is a dumb opinion piece from no one important. I don't see why it's here. :/

  2. Oh yes ... by psergiu · · Score: 1, Troll

    Oh yes, of course, Microsoft should TOTALLY build their own factories and then build their own hardware. All the Linux, BSD & Mac users agree that Microsoft should definitely invest all of their cash in some big money holes until they go bankrupt. :-)

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  3. Re:In other news by ForexCoder · · Score: 1, Troll

    What happened to "Steal other people's ideas and implement them poorly?"

  4. Yes. Just like with music players. by halber_mensch · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'd love to see this. When they decided to get into the music player market they made a brown turd, thought of how to make the word "Tune" edgier and came up with "Zune". Maybe they can shoot themselves in the foot all over again in the phone market with another brown turd with the same awesome marketing skill. "What do we do on a phone?" "I think we talk!" "Ok, let's change the first letter and make it sound hip and edgy!" "Yeah, let's call it the Zalk!" "Oh man, I'd want to buy a Zalk!" "Oh me too!" "Watch out iPhone! The Zalk is the next new hip thing!"

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  5. Re:That could work like the xbox by jcr · · Score: 1, Troll

    Microsoft needs twenty more Halo-sized hit games for the Xbox to go profitable. I don't see it happening, frankly.

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