Very impressive entrance into what I thought would have been a well mature market by this point.
Integration with Microsoft services is probably a good selling point .
Also known as 'lock-in' in some contexts.
Microsoft’s Surface Hub is now apparently a billion-dollar business
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#12This could be a great launch point for a new generation of (very) smart TVs. Combined with what Microsoft is doing with HoloLens, they seem to be very well positioned for the future of communication devices.
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#13I'm surprised by this as well, but I wonder how many of them were bought as "trophy" purchases, put on display in the lobby and the CEO's office.
"The average Surface Hub customer is buying about 50 devices for each deployment...(and) One (unnamed) car manufacturer bought 1,500 of the thing" Sounds like people are actually rolling them out through all their conference rooms
That's quite an investment, hopefully the decision was made with some input from the engineering teams that, I would imagine, be making use of the seats. I've seen procurements of this scale go both ways in that regard.
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#14It doesn't surprise me that Microsoft is in this space, and that they're doing well. But who would have thought this was a billion dollar business? I figured that the conference room's tech begins to rapidly depreciate almost immediately after installation; but maybe this is something different.
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#15Very impressive entrance into what I thought would have been a well mature market by this point.
I agree. When it comes to hardware, Microsoft has a persistence to stick it out and eventually get it right.
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#16Have two in our office's. They are great. 365 integration, Skype and the whiteboard are fantastic.
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#17Very impressive entrance into what I thought would have been a well mature market by this point.
You would be astounded to know how many offices are still getting by with a single DLP projector and screen.
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
Also known as 'lock-in' in some contexts.
Interestingly this "lock-in" argument is often used with respect to Microsoft, but not with respect to Apple...
Be fair. I've seen the lock-in argument used all the time here in regards to Apple stuff, particularly in discussions of iOS, macOS, and the App store.
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#20Again, Microsoft is successful in office punishment tools. Now it's a board to display Powerpoint slides with sales charts and to do all-day meetings.
Microsoft: The Office Slavery Company.