Re:Microsoft 'mulled Nokia buyout, ran away screaming'
by excuse-me on Monday June 11, 2012 @01:41PM
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>How in the world is that an 'integrated ecosystem'.
It is to the marketing dept.
Suppose you are a huge and stupid corporate or government customer.
Your users want to have smartphones. A MSFT rep convinces you that using Windows is the safe and reliable choice and with Windows 8 you have the same OS 'brand' on your desktop.
The same argument has kept IBM's mainframe salesmen in new cadilacs for decades.
It is to the marketing dept.
Suppose you are a huge and stupid corporate or government customer.
Your users want to have smartphones. A MSFT rep convinces you that using Windows is the safe and reliable choice and with Windows 8 you have the same OS 'brand' on your desktop.
The same argument has kept IBM's mainframe salesmen in new cadilacs for decades.