I'm not a big M$ fan, but you have to admire how they keep slogging money at something until it turns a profit. They could've walked away from Office ( it's great now, the MS Dos version in 1990 sucked) , Xbox, Cloud... I'm sure there are ones I'm forgetting. Once they decide to push a project.. they just keep on plowing money into it!
Apparently its users swear by it. It's overpriced for what it offers, but it offers much. If Microsoft could make it affordable, it could be quite successful.
Unfortunately, Microsoft is not in position of Apple. If it was exactly as it is, same features, same price, only Apple brand, it would be selling like hot buns.
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Google walks away from another venture? (Score:5, Insightful)
I'm not a big M$ fan, but you have to admire how they keep slogging money at something until it turns a profit. They could've walked away from Office ( it's great now, the MS Dos version in 1990 sucked) , Xbox, Cloud ... I'm sure there are ones I'm forgetting. Once they decide to push a project .. they just keep on plowing money into it!
Re:Google walks away from another venture? (Score:2)
I'm sure there are ones I'm forgetting.
Surface. The biggest slog of them all.
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Apparently its users swear by it. It's overpriced for what it offers, but it offers much. If Microsoft could make it affordable, it could be quite successful.
Unfortunately, Microsoft is not in position of Apple. If it was exactly as it is, same features, same price, only Apple brand, it would be selling like hot buns.