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From: rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
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Subject: Re: Do Microsoft?sCopilot+ PCs Require Linux?
Date: 24 May 2024 19:43:13 GMT
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On Fri, 24 May 2024 03:41:48 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

> On 24 May 2024 03:05:54 GMT, rbowman wrote:
> 
>> ... Microsoft inherited the safe choice crown.  The same process is at
>> work in the consumer world too.
> 
> Never worked for mobile devices, though.

They must have had one of those fully automatic black rifles to shoot 
themselves in the foot so many times. The Pocket PC did okay for 
enterprises but the Palm was cheaper and arguably better. Then the Windows 
Phone 7 attempt wasn't compatible. Leaning from their mistakes the Phone 8 
wasn't compatible with the 7. The Metro fiasco didn't help. UWP was meant 
with skepticism by developers who had been burned by Microsoft's 
fickleness before. 

I don't know if all the blame can be laid on Ballmer but he didn't help 
any.

https://www.windowscentral.com/windows-10-developers-can-now-bring-their-
winui-3-apps-ios-android-macos-and-web


I don't know how well that attempt is going.