Ballmer: Microsoft Mobile Should Focus On Android Apps Not Universal Apps (theverge.com)

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday December 3, 2015 @05:28PM from the if-you-can't-beat-em-join-em dept.

UnknowingFool writes: Former CEO Steve Ballmer had some strong opinions about the direction of Microsoft's mobile strategy. As reported last month, Microsoft's Project Astoria has not been received well and is not going well. The strategy is to help build Windows 10 apps by making universal apps via easy porting from Android. Ballmer questions its effectiveness. "That won't work," he said. Instead he suggested that Windows phones should "run Android apps." This is a dramatic departure from the Microsoft-only focus that Ballmer championed during his tenure as CEO.

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He's going about it the wrong way. by spauldo · 2015-12-03 17:49 · Score: -1, Redundant

Doesn't he realize no one's going to listen to him unless he jumps up and down like an ape, repeating the same word over and over?
Or maybe throw a chair?

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