Microsoft heads back to the desktop

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    Microsoft has flopped on smartphones and tablets. At the same time, its Windows 8.x has continued to be such an abject failure, with a mere 13.4% share of the PC market, that it's trailing even legendary fiasco Vista in market acceptance.

    So what's Microsoft to do?

    Why, go back to its old playbook and kill profits entirely in the hope of regaining market share. Back in 2009 when Linux-powered netbooks were cutting into Windows' market share, Microsoft brought back XP Home and almost gave it away. Simultaneously, Microsoft pushed Windows 7 out the door as fast as possible to replace Vista.

    It worked. And users have yet to lose their fondness for Windows XP. In August 2014, XP was still running on 23.9% of all PCs, while Windows 7 was hanging in at 49.9%.

    Will it work again? We'll see.

    Read more http://www.computerworld.com/article/2684940/microsoft-heads-back-to-the-desktop.html
     

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