Microsoft still wanting to be Google
They bought aQuantive to get ad-tech and become the next Google. $6.2bn written off, nothing to show for it.
They bought Nokia, to get phone-tech and become the next Google. Eventually $11bn written off nothing to show for it.
They built OneDrive to get a cloud storage offer and become the next Google, and after who knows how much money, Google Drive still works better on Windows than Skydrive.
They built Bing to get search tech and become the next Google. I suspect it now washes its face, but taking a decade to break even on all cash flows, and having a circa 3% global market share...hardly worth it.
Now we see them attempt to make a Chromebook-a-like out of Windows to become the next Google. What's the expectations?
Biting the hand that feeds IT
