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Steve Ballmer had an interview last week with Techcrunch and mentioned this point:
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/09/24/microsoft-ballmer-interview-exclusive-techcrunch-bing-mobile-azur/

The idea is that in smaller markets based on sales (like video game consoles, MP3 players) can have a product be controlled from end to end by a single player for the best success. But in larger markets (like PCs and phones) you can be a player like Apple, but your only going to have a niche market; so Microsoft provides Windows and gets a large market share to let the OEMs worry about the rest. To quote Ballmer: "But when you get these categories that are 300 million, 500 million, a billion, a billion-five a year, the truth of the matter is you’re gonna want multiple points of manufacture, with a lot of innovation around it whether its supply chain, for geographic diversity, and our basic play with our software is to try and be super high volume"

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MS was too vocal with Vista's release date, and looked stupid. With Windows 7 they found a middle ground. Apple's non-existstent release date just shows why they will never be accepted fully in the business world

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