Microsoft's name is mud, according to Mark Anderson, who writes the Strategic News Service, a predictive newsletter that apparently has a wide following among technology executives and venture
capitalists. "Except for gaming, it is 'game over' for Microsoft in the consumer market," Anderson tells The New York Times' Bits blog. "It's time to declare Microsoft a loser in phones ... Just get
out of Dodge." But aren't "phones" just a piece of a far larger software and technology services market? Not for long, writes Bits.
"The smartphone is becoming the innovative hub of
software development and applications, far more so than the personal computer," it contends. Therefore, if Microsoft loses in smartphones, "It is pretty grim," says Anderson. "Those applications are
going to move upstream." What's Microsoft's major malfunction when it comes to mobile? It's cultural, Anderson says. "Phones are consumer items, and Microsoft doesn't have consumer DNA."
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How many times has Microsoft been declared "dead" by writers such as Mr. Anderson?
I am betting he is also one of the ones who wrote articles declaring Sony "dead" in the consumer electronics business, outside of games, a couple years back.