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Re:Microsoft Looks to Cut Up to 18,000 Jobs by bluedino on Thursday July 17, 2014 @11:01AM (#8047896)
>> I'd feel sorry if I was a Nokia guy there, they pulled out the best non-Apple phone hardware in the last years.

They have almost no marketshare in the US. So is it really the best non-Apple hardware, or does being the best not really even matter?

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Re:Microsoft Looks to Cut Up to 18,000 Jobs by ladzoppelin on Thursday July 17, 2014 @01:07PM (#8048762)
That could be changing and the US is not the only market that matters. There is a reason Google, Tinder and other companies deny perfectly working apps on the Windows ecosystem and its not because Windows phone is irrelevant.
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