Re: Also a name change-
> We have a 3% marked share by end users in Windows phone as a failure.
Actually the most recent figures had Windows Phone at 0.7% of the world market.
In 2006 or so Microsoft had 42% of the US smartphone market. It has been steadily falling since then with only a few blips of mild recovery.
The main reason that it has been a complete failure is not just that it has only had a small market share, but that it has lost billions of dollars. Nokia phone division made a loss in every quarter since making WP in spite of being given a billion dollars a year by MS. The agreement ran out and Nokia was dumping the loss making product and switching to Android so MS paid out $7billion for it then wrote that off. It has cost MS and Nokia more than $25billion - THAT is why it has been a failure.
On the other hand several Linux companies actually run at a profit, granted that is mainly from servers and support, and thus are a success.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
