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Microsoft and AI: spending billions to make millions (pivot-to-ai.com)

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[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 12 points 3 days ago

The Burning Platform debacle was huge where I live and I remember it quite well.

It seems that Microsoft was planning on coasting on brand recognition, while the public correctly noticed the lack of any real synergy between Windows Phone and Microsoft's desktop computer software. Nokia's hardware was indeed top notch, but WP lacked a killer app, or indeed most apps at all. It missed the train and developers ignored it in favor of iOS and Android.

I doubt MeeGo would have managed to recapture the dominance Nokia had on the pre-iPhone market, but at least nerds like me would have vastly preferred it.