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Slimebeast on 29 October 2012
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disolitude said:
Slimebeast said:
disolitude said:
Slimebeast said:

But the average consumer doesn't even know that those devices aren't really Windows. And what good would it be if they knew? Most customers would not buy a Windows product if there existed an alternative.

Have you seen any link to an analyst predicting success for Microsoft OS on tablets? if so please provide me with one.

Microsoft now has the same OS running on tablets, laptops, desktops, hybrids... Tablet sales alone don't matter.  In sheer size and volume, there is NOTHING out there that will be able compete with all Windows 8 devices. I expect by end of 2013 Windows 8 to have the largest userbase out of any platform out there... 

 

Misrosoft always sells 2, 3 or 400 million copies of its OS for PCs each year and has always had "the largest userbase out of any platform". That's nothing new.

The question is if they can compete with Apple and the Android guys on tablets and phones.

Do you realise that Apple and Samsung now are more than twice as big as MS when it comes to revenue?


What does revenue have to do with anything?

It's like me saying, did you know employs 2X as many people as Apple? Oh snap...means nothing.

Profit wise all 3 companies make more than they can spend.

Selling 400 million copies of an OS is nothing if you don't have an ecosystem around it. And with Windows 7 and prior, Microsoft really didn't have an ecosystem. They do now with windows 8 and they can leverage developers with it much easier.

400 million Windows 8 users (running tablet, PC, laptop, hybrids...) will attract developers to the platform in massive numbers which will attract customers and OEMs...the trickle effect.

Think of i this way...With Windows 8 Microsoft is attacking Apple and Android on their home turf (tablets). But is apple and Google doing the same to  Microsoft on the Laptop and desktop side? Yes they are with Chrome and OSX... But NOT with a single unified platform. They both have seperate ecosystems for desktops and laptops. They really can't win with that strategy... 

But when developers realize that consumers aren't interested in the Windows ecosystem they will go back to where they came from lol.

No one will care that his or her Windows 8 desktop PC can talk to a Windows Phone or Windows Tablet and they will keep buying their Androids, iPhones and iPads.

Remember E3 and SmartGlass? Was anyone excited? No. And yet we're talking about a tech savy audience.

Everyone sees how MS desperatly is trying to use this unified ecosystem argument as a selling point but it just doesn't work. Because it's Microsoft. But when Apple and Google do it - and they will in the future - it will probably work.