Windows 8 Is Too Big to Fail?
Historic dominance of PC platform comes with advantages
posted about 12 years ago
When put into the perspective of the sheer numbers of machines in the world that can potentially run Windows 8; it does appear that at least from a financial standpoint that MS should do well with this version of their OS.
From PCmag.com:
"... although Apple's market share is growing, it still only has about 13 percent of the U.S. market. It is an incredibly lucrative 13 percent, with nearly all of the $1,000-plus units sales, but it is still a minority player. That means Microsoft will continue to dominate the laptop and desktop space. This traditional "PC" market is declining, but people still buy a lot of laptops and desktops."
Of course the area in which they need a homerun is in the mobile space. If Surface and Windows Phone can't grab enough of the market it'll be a waste of all the resources that went into developing Windows 8 into this multi-platform operating system.
From PCmag.com
"The laptop and desktop market are in decline, while the mobile segment is ballooning. And this is where Microsoft has been in freefall. In 2008, Windows was running on 70 percent of all personal computing devices, according to Forrester Research. In 2012, after the smartphone and tablet revolution, Windows is on just 30 percent of devices."
What are your thoughts?
Here is the complete article.
Selected Answer...
Nothing is too big to fail.
