http://www.infoworld.com/t/technology-business/microsoft-pc-and-tablet-makers-youre-not-our-future-195877
> Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer cited Apple's advantage (without mentioning > Apple) of integrated software and hardware. "Things work better when hardware > and software are considered together," he said. "We control it all, we design > it all, and we manufacture it all ourselves." > Most telling, Ballmer said nothing about tablets from Dell, HP, Lenovo, Acer, > or all the other PC makers who for years have relied on Microsoft and Intel > to do the heavy lifting while they focused on assembling PC components at > different price points and sometimes pitching in on original case design > work. Instead, he made a mild statement about valuing partners, but it was > clear Microsoft will not let others drive the hardware going forward. Apple has become the only PC maker whose market share is growing -- largely because it ruthlessly controls its platform's destiny. _______________________________________________ Active mailing list [email protected] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/active
