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Re:A list of recent hostile moves by Google's Chrome team by mattferderer on Thursday August 03, 2023 @09:29AM (#36985604)
Yes, this is often forgotten. I've always assumed it's the biggest reason for Microsoft basically doing less & being more or a cash cow during the Ballmer years (similar to Apple's current philosophy with a CFO as CEO).

Though the phone fail was a huge fail. Those initial Windows phones were really awesome. These were the ones that competed with Blackberry before Apple took over the market.

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Re:A list of recent hostile moves by Google's Chrome team by mrguyorama on Thursday August 03, 2023 @01:52PM (#36989283)
Microsoft phones only died because they were bad at making an App store. Microsoft made the exact same mistake with the later Zune HD. Despite having a massively superior IMO experience for the user, Windows phone was doomed.
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