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byBoRegardless ( 721219 ) writes:
What this says is no long term vision/planning/execution at Microsoft.
byc2me2 ( 2202232 ) writes:
Or, you know, they're responding effectively to market realities?
Win RT was a flop. Everyone knows it -- even Microsoft. So they're basically dumping it. That's not a lack of "planning / execution" -- that's paying attention to reality.
I guarantee that if Microsoft continued to support Win RT, you would be saying "Herpity derp, look, Microsoft doesn't see the writing on the wall!! herp herp".
bygstoddart ( 321705 ) writes:
Well, what you call "paying attention to reality" is a side effect of terrible vision/planning. It's not an accomplishment to stop selling a product which completely missed the mark in the first place.
Microsoft thinks they can tell the market what it is they want, and the keep getting it wrong.
Hell, they release copycat products, and they still keep getting it wrong -- because thy insist on putting their own stamp on things, and are stil stuck in the "Yarg, computers are for Exchange and Office".
I'm pretty sure RT was more or less DOA. Along with their phone.
And they keep doubling down on the idea that all of these tablets will be just another x86 machine so they don't have to build anything new.
I think Microsoft has been suffering from a stunning lack of vision for years -- at least, as far as that 'vision' connects with reality. It's hard to think a company with so much resources can be so inept at understanding the markets they're trying to get into.
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