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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella admits giving up on Windows Phone and mobile was a mistake (www.theverge.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Nadella, Gates, and Ballmer have all admitted to Microsoft’s mobile mistakes.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Microsoft already was trying to leverage the popularity of Windows to make Windows Phone more popular but it didn’t work. Apple, meanwhile, licensed Microsoft Exchange for iPhone and basically established Microsoft’s entire product strategy under Nadella: providing high-margin services on whatever device people actually want to use.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Microsoft already was trying to leverage the popularity of Windows to make Windows Phone more popular but it didn’t work.

good point, i had no idea