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Technology Stocks : Microsoft: The Devices and Consumer Segment -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Eric L who wrote (144)	7/15/2015 11:26:06 AM
From: zax	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 154

This is a good read: i-programmer.info

To: Eric L who wrote (144)	7/15/2015 12:56:59 PM
From: Eric L	Respond to of 154

James Kendrick view of The Windows Phone (Windows 10 Mobile) Future ... >> Yes, Windows Phone is well and truly dead James Kendrick kOnTheRun jkontherun.com In spite of Windows Phone apologists, er, enthusiasts claiming that the phones from Microsoft aren’t going away, they might as well. The hardware, and thus the platform, is on life support. The situation with Windows Phone reminds me of a space movie where the lone remaining crew member is walking on a barren landscape in some distant galaxy. A glance at the remaining oxygen level in the HUD shows it nearly in the critical red zone. He gazes at the stars above and wonders how it would be if everything had gone according to plan, far-fetched though it was. Doesn’t matter anyway, the plan tanked and the end is drawing near. The sound of his breathing in the helmet reminds him that there’s not many breaths left to be drawn. He feels so cold and alone. That’s how the situation with Windows Phone appears to me. The phones and soon after the platform will be going away, as there’s no reason for Microsoft to keep them around. Once it wrote off the Nokia purchase and laid off the thousands of remaining Nokia employees the writing was clearly on the wall. “Windows Phone is not going anywhere!” “Windows 10 Mobile will change everything!” These are the reactions on enthusiast web sites to the Microsoft announcements about the phone business. You’ll also find the company’s claims to change tactics and aim Windows Phones at business, which hasn’t wanted them so far, and at enthusiasts, who are already its best (and only) customers. Developers who continue working on Windows Phone apps, Windows 10 Mobile included, are crazy in my view. Who will buy your apps, not even Microsoft is behind your efforts. Yes, Windows Phones are dead and Windows 10 Mobile will quietly fade away soon. The only thing you’ll hear in the helmet is the rasp of the final breath going in and out # # # - Eric L. -