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Subject: integrated hardware and software
From: Carl Symons <carlsymons () gmail ! com>
Date: 2012-06-20 17:16:15
Message-ID: CAPu7pzLzkmiua=tJ4WiX6uRa2PNN9vd8nmtY5JKhUQboSZx0hA () mail ! gmail ! com
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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.
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