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

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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Re:I'd consider paying for Microsoft Linux.

[kuzb]

That's the thing, you have to pay through the ass just to make OSX tolerable. You may as well just use the commandline if you're forced to use a mac.

Re: I'd consider paying for Microsoft Linux.

[joshki]

Why would anyone use Linux to do that when there's perfectly good BSD?

Fixed that for you

[tom229]

CEO Satya Nadella's strategy is simple enough: grow Microsoft's revenues by forcing it's customers to adopt its paid subscription services.

You're not Apple, you're Microsoft. Stop assuming Apple's aggressive strategies will work for you. Apple's core customer base is interested in fashion accessories and status symbols; Children. Yours, at least used to be, enterprise. That's what the next CEO will have to understand if Microsoft hopes to stay relevant in this century.