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\nThe Windows era is over announces Joe Wilcox at Betanews. Is it?<\/p>\n
He certainly makes a compelling argument. Like other tech behemoths before it, Microsoft\u2019s products are simply being rendered irrelevant by new technologies, new ideas, and new products that have come out of the blue and swept them aside.<\/p>\n
\n Largely thanks to Apple\u2019s innovation and success in the consumer space, mobile computing is no longer a niche product. It\u2019s mass market, and the iPad is going to spawn so many copycat products that the stores will be swimming with them. Apple showed the way, and everyone else in the tech business saw instantly that they should follow along, as fast as possible.<\/p>\n
Or as Joe puts it: \u201cA new era dawns.\u201d<\/p>\n
What\u2019s more, Joe says Microsoft no longer has the loyalty of its partners. Intel sells chips to Apple now. HP has purchased Palm and is working furiously to make new tablet devices. It\u2019s as if the industry has seen Microsoft\u2019s future, and wants to distance itself from it, to break the connections.<\/p>\n
So as Apple breezes past Microsoft in the market cap stakes, where next for Windows? Are the improvements made in Windows 7 enough to turn things around, and slow the momentum? Is Joe right to say the Windows era is over?<\/p>\n
[From Joe Wilcox: \u201cThe Windows Era Is Over\u201d | Cult of Mac<\/cite><\/a>]\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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