No more firefox for winmo..and proof development is dieing

i360 · #1 (**permalink**) 03-23-2010, 02:44 PM

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Im not Bill Gates but if you think the world is going to abandon MicroShaft then I have ocean front property in Iraq i'd like to sell you.

**x10guy** · #2 (**permalink**) 03-23-2010, 02:57 PM

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Im not Bill Gates but if you think the world is going to abandon MicroShaft then I have ocean front property in Iraq i'd like to sell you.

I think they are talking Microsoft on mobile phones...
Desktops/laptops Windows still reign.

But as far as smartphones go, yes Microsoft will always have a presence but they are pretty much close to being a 4th rate player in the market behind Blackberry, iphone, and Android.

Windows 7 mobile will make a splash but considering it's a total reboot from 6.1 and 6.5 this will just give former Microsoft users another reason to check out other platforms.

racemepls · #3 (**permalink**) 03-23-2010, 03:03 PM

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I think they are talking Microsoft on mobile phones...
Desktops/laptops Windows still reign.

But as far as smartphones go, yes Microsoft will always have a presence but they are pretty much close to being a 4th rate player in the market behind Blackberry, iphone, and Android.

Windows 7 mobile will make a splash but considering it's a total reboot from 6.1 and 6.5 this will just give former Microsoft users another reason to check out other platforms.

but give other platform users a reason to check out wm as well

**mlin** · #4 (**permalink**) 03-23-2010, 03:26 PM

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but give other platform users a reason to check out wm as well

you took the words out of my mouth.

on another note, didn't adobe stop development because WP7 is right around the corner or did MS say they would not allow flash support ala iphone and RIM?

I hardely think that development for winmo is dying, just development for an old almost dead platform is dying (a platform that i love very much by the way).

**zone23** · #5 (**permalink**) 03-23-2010, 04:43 PM

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you took the words out of my mouth.

on another note, didn't adobe stop development because WP7 is right around the corner or did MS say they would not allow flash support ala iphone and RIM?

I hardely think that development for winmo is dying, just development for an old almost dead platform is dying (a platform that i love very much by the way).

I'm gonna be totally honest here forgive me:

I wish Adobe would just die, what a bunch of losers. If they expect me to believe for one second that they "were gonna" develop a working version of adobe flash for WM then Iran really isn't trying to develop nuclear weapons. Just like they are coming out with a x64 flash too. What a bunch of losers if it wasn't for Photoshop and Apple I don't think they would even be around today.

**gTen** · #6 (**permalink**) 03-23-2010, 04:48 PM

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I'm gonna be totally honest here forgive me:

I wish Adobe would just die, what a bunch of losers. If they expect me to believe for one second that they "were gonna" develop a working version of adobe flash for WM then Iran really isn't trying to develop nuclear weapons. Just like they are coming out with a x64 flash too. What a bunch of losers if it wasn't for Photoshop and Apple I don't think they would even be around today.

There is also PDF..but flash was developed by Macromedia which adobe bought out.

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enron and aig were very very poor examples to use for you comparison. enron had make believe numbers and aig discounted thier premiums to the point where they imploded upon themselves. i really dont see the corellation with microsoft in either one of those examples.

I was not making a comparison..I was trying to prove a point that nothing is "too big to fall"

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Actually they fixed the xbox a while ago and every sale now is almost a 100% profit (RD was paid for a long time ago). XBox live makes a fortune. You know this is 2010 right cause you seem a little out dated with your info. OK carry on

Thats why I said the xbox was a success...was I not clear? and as for fail rates they are measured in 1 - 2 years..Jasper chip helped fix the issue and latest one forgot its name returned it to normal..Fail rates needs time to measure you know...I am in 2010 but the data will always be behind thats how it works.

**x10guy** · #7 (**permalink**) 03-23-2010, 03:32 PM

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but give other platform users a reason to check out wm as well

True, but the problem is that how many phones will there really be when the new Windows 7 phone comes out? Right now it seems every manufacturer is putting out new Android phones.

Again, Microsoft will not go away. They are too big and have too much money. They will definitely have a role, but a very diminished role compared to say, 3 years ago.

**zone23** · #8 (**permalink**) 03-23-2010, 03:12 PM

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Im not Bill Gates but if you think the world is going to abandon MicroShaft then I have ocean front property in Iraq i'd like to sell you.

I don't think Bill Gates works with Microsoft anymore. He owns most of the company but doesn't work there. He retired, and is now working on a non-profit

**willysp** · #9 (**permalink**) 03-23-2010, 06:54 PM

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I don't think Bill Gates works with Microsoft anymore. He owns most of the company but doesn't work there. He retired, and is now working on a non-profit

He's still Chairman.