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Windows Phone Free-Fall May Force Microsoft To Push Harder On Windows 10 (pcworld.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the one-step-back-two-steps-forward dept.

tripleevenfall quotes a report from PCWorld: Microsoft sold a minuscule 2.3 million Lumia phones last quarter, down from 8.6 million a year ago. Phone revenue declines will only "steepen" during the current quarter, chief financial officer Amy Hood warned during a conference call. That's dragged down Microsoft's results as a company, too. As the company's mobile device strategy continues to disintegrate, Microsoft may feel compelled to push harder on Windows 10 adoption and paid services to prove it can survive without a viable smartphone. CEO Satya Nadella's strategy is simple enough: grow Microsoft's revenues by convincing customers to adopt its paid subscription services.

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  1. It's time to wake up: Microsoft has changed! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well, I'm not obsessed with the 1990s-era hatred for Microsoft like some people here are. I also realize that the Microsoft today consists of many people who weren't there in the 1990s, and many of the people who were around in the 1990s no longer are. The name may be the same, but the people who make up the organization are markedly different. After all, the 1990s were around 20 years ago now! If there's one thing I've learned in my many years, it's that things change over time.

    I look at Microsoft's actions today, because those are what matter. I've seen them create what's perhaps the best general purpose programming language in C#. I've seen them create what's perhaps the best general purpose computing platform in .NET. They've open sourced both and are porting them to the other major platforms. They stumbled with Windows 8, but Windows 10 is getting them back on track. Edge is a superb browser that's much, much better than Firefox, and better than Chrome. Recently they announced that SQL Server, which is perhaps their best product of them all, is coming to Linux.

    It's time for you to grow up, and get with the times. You're two decades behind! Microsoft was the past, and after a brief rough patch we've seen them turn things around, and now Microsoft will be the future.

  2. Re: Time for the Paid Shills to Earn Their Keep! by dbIII · · Score: 3, Funny

    Less apps than an N900 can get today despite it's age - now that's a step backwards.