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Former Microsoft VP says Microsoft missed the AI wave like the internet and mobile, as Copilot scales back in Windows 11 (www.windowslatest.com)
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[–] 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

They tried; it must've been 4 times. But unless it's a sure thing, they'll give up.

I worry they don't know how to compete on a level ground, slowly building trust and business on success after success.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    It also didn't help that they did a complete rebuild of Windows Phone OS 3 times, making old apps incompatible and forcing the very little support of app developers to get alienated from the platform. Why would you completely rebuild your app 3 times for a super low market share product.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    I used a Windows Mobile PDA (Dell Axim X50v) for years before the iPhone came out. It was great at the time. Few other things could provide video, games, music, and a web browser in your pocket at the time but WM2003 with the Opera browser and some other apps did quite well. I kept using that thing even into the Android and iPhone era.

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