walsufnir on 05 December 2014
| pokoko said: If you look at the entire picture, Microsoft seems to make a LOT of mistakes. They come late to so many markets then try to bulldoze their way in with money. I suppose the reasoning is that they can afford to lose a lot of money in the effort to make even more money, as Windows will always bail them out. Still, some of these decisions just seem bad. B&N was never going to win against Amazon and everyone knew it. It seems more like a reactionary move intended to throw up roadblocks for Amazon more than anything, which I suppose is similar to how Xbox got started. I really can't see the logic in this case, however. I would imagine that the Nook only generates a fraction of the sales that Amazon gets with the Kindle. And, yes, I will admit to being biased, unlike others. I adore my Kindle Paperwhite. |
Thing is, they also make a lot of decisions right. This happens all the time with big companies. They acquire stuff because of analyzations and decide to buy themselves into the stuff. If it doesn't play out as expected, well, this happens. But to remain competitive you have to invest into new tech/companies and ideas, even existing markets.
Do you think MS would be the second most valuable company if they do THAT lot of mistakes?
