Ahhh … To See the World Through Vista Colored Glasses …
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| In the most recent edition Nathan Clevenger offers a brief analysis
| of “Alternatives to Windows Mobile”. It is an excellent example of the
| subjective nature of life - or, to put it another way, boy oh boy do
| wnorthamericamarketsharecharte human beings have a talent for creating and
| believing our own reality regardless of the facts.
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http://justanotheriphoneblog.com/wordpress/2007/12/21/ahhh-to-see-the-world-through-vista-colored-glasses/
Typical Redmond lies. Maybe one should start measuring Linux adoption worldwise
by studying Kerala in isolation and declare victory on the desktop.
Related:
Microsoft's vision for universal mobile platform a little blurred
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| Unfortunately for Microsoft, Windows Mobile is currently not even in the
| second runner in the smartphone operating systems race. Linux, which is
| widely used on mobile devices in China, is second to Symbian with more than
| 13% market share. Windows mobile is a distant third with about 6% share.
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/15017/1023/
Microsoft Hides Its Mobile and Business Apps Divisions
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| The company is folding its two worst-performing divisions -- Microsoft
| Business Solutions (its business applications unit) and its Mobile and
| Embedded units -- into the Microsoft Business Division and Microsoft Home
| and Entertainment units, respectively.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,1995,1990243,00.asp?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
The Secret Failures of Microsoft
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| Microsoft's decade of investments in WinCE and Windows Mobile
| Smartphones have only barely matched the market share of Palm, which
| itself is a run down company out of ideas. Microsoft couldn't
| out-maneuver the incompetent Palm within a decade of trying; now both
| are ineffectually fighting over the dying PDA industry while Linux and
| Symbian slaughter them in the smartphone arena:
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| Symbian 75%; Linux 14%; Microsoft 5%; Palm 5%.
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| (many more failures listed)
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http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/Q4.06/2E6D9BB2-FE1B-4556-8389-67BD581FBCCC.html
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