Microsoft having a funeral for iPhone
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Microsoft having a funeral for iPhone
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#2Some how I have a feeling this little show is going to come back and bite them.
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#3Really??
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#4I don't see this as more than the guys having a bit of fun, after probably a very hectic work schedule. Great to see them celebrating in this way.
Of course, I don't see Microsoft displacing the iPhone at all, but they do have deep pockets.
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#5I don't see this as more than the guys having a bit of fun, after probably a very hectic work schedule. Great to see them celebrating in this way. Of course, I don't see Microsoft displacing the iPhone at all, but they do have deep pockets.
Agreed. I didn't like the blog's tone, the team has every right to party. However, I found the iPhone funeral interesting, given how it's Android that's eating everyone's lunch.
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#6I don't see this as more than the guys having a bit of fun, after probably a very hectic work schedule. Great to see them celebrating in this way. Of course, I don't see Microsoft displacing the iPhone at all, but they do have deep pockets.
I was there for this celebration. It was all in good fun. The funeral was such a small portion of the day, it's being way overblown. It was like 15 minutes of an all day carnival. There was games, monster trucks to ride in, live music, and all other kinds of celebratory stuff going on (face painting ftw!). There was an all out party going on.
I'm on the Windows team, but the WinMo7 guys worked their asses off and actually made something pretty friggin cool. They deserved to party.
As for Microsoft's chances in this market, people never thought Microsoft would dominate Sony in video games. I wouldn't count Microsoft out just yet... it'll be interesting to say the least.
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#7I don't see this as more than the guys having a bit of fun, after probably a very hectic work schedule. Great to see them celebrating in this way. Of course, I don't see Microsoft displacing the iPhone at all, but they do have deep pockets.
I was there for this celebration. It was all in good fun. The funeral was such a small portion of the day, it's being way overblown. It was like 15 minutes of an all day carnival. There was games, monster trucks to ride in, live music, and all other kinds of celebratory stuff going on (face painting ftw!). There was an all out party going on. I'm on the Windows team, but the WinMo7 guys worked their asses off and act…
I thought Microsoft was burning something like a billion dollars a year in losses in order to in order to be in the video game console market. Is that impression wrong? Has MS made a profit yet in games?
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#8I don't see this as more than the guys having a bit of fun, after probably a very hectic work schedule. Great to see them celebrating in this way. Of course, I don't see Microsoft displacing the iPhone at all, but they do have deep pockets.
I was there for this celebration. It was all in good fun. The funeral was such a small portion of the day, it's being way overblown. It was like 15 minutes of an all day carnival. There was games, monster trucks to ride in, live music, and all other kinds of celebratory stuff going on (face painting ftw!). There was an all out party going on. I'm on the Windows team, but the WinMo7 guys worked their asses off and act…
Quick question I realise you probably don't know the answer to - why no Android?
As fas as I can see, Blackberries and iPhones aren't direct competitors to WM7. Microsoft's customers are HTC, Samsung et al, and at the moment the only other company providing an OS to them is Google.
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
I was there for this celebration. It was all in good fun. The funeral was such a small portion of the day, it's being way overblown. It was like 15 minutes of an all day carnival. There was games, monster trucks to ride in, live music, and all other kinds of celebratory stuff going on (face painting ftw!). There was an all out party going on. I'm on the Windows team, but the WinMo7 guys worked their asses off and act…
I thought Microsoft was burning something like a billion dollars a year in losses in order to in order to be in the video game console market. Is that impression wrong? Has MS made a profit yet in games?
They haven't recouped all the money they'd invested yet (still about $4 billion short), but they are now turning a profit of a few hundred million each quarter
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#10I don't see this as more than the guys having a bit of fun, after probably a very hectic work schedule. Great to see them celebrating in this way. Of course, I don't see Microsoft displacing the iPhone at all, but they do have deep pockets.
There are other ways to celebrate. MS doesn't exactly get to have fake funerals for devices they haven't even begun to compete with. If MS were a small startup, it'd be cute. As a huge multi-billion dollar company, it's just silly.