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Microsoft: Knock, Knock, Knocking on Nokia’s Door

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 13, 2013

Microsoft is in trouble; maybe more trouble than anyone realizes. Even if PC sales weren’t shrinking, the company might be working to regain lost footing. Even before the iPhone and iPad changed the computing landscape, there was evidence that Redmond was losing the grip it held on the big OEMs and that it would only be a matter of time before they began to explore avenues other than “we recommend Windows.”

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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