| Alby_da_Wolf said:
Yep, MS can try that closed marketplace thing on phones, because they already work through subscriptions that include closed marketplaces anyway, with the sole exception of Android offering an open market and the option for marketplace plurality, but open SW and HW markets are essential features of PC and one of the main things still keeping it alive, together with the legacy HW and SW base, that would be almost completely destroyed too by a closed marketplace, as only the newest devices, programs and versions and a very small minority of the older ones would be certified. This could persuade the majority of Windows 7, Vista and XP users to avoid the upgrade to Win 8 like the plague. And all these things could seriously damage the market of Windows on PC, leaving it vulnerable to disruption or simply marginalization. |
It really does seem like MS is shooting themselves in the foot at least in the traditional PC space with Win 8. I can't see the new UI being popular with the IT departments of most businesses which will undoubtably slow adoption, in the space that is MS's bread and butter. All in the hopes of getting a slice of the iPad action...
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