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   Message 8,946 of 10,398   
   Roger Nelson to Mark Hofmann   
   Complaint   
   13 Apr 19 09:30:44   
   
   MSGID: 1:3828/7.0 cb1e5320   
   REPLY: 1:261/1304 5CB12C49   
   CHRS: IBMPC 2   
   On Fri Apr-12-2019 20:24, Mark Hofmann (1:261/1304) wrote to Roger Nelson:   
      
    MH> Yeah, M$ was trying to make a single user experience from   
    MH> desktop/tablet/phone.  It failed miserably.  So bad, they had to   
    MH> give Windows 10 away for free to keep desktop people from bailing.   
      
    MH> Android/Apple still own the tablet and phone platforms.  M$ has   
    MH> tried multiple times to get market share in the phone area.    
    MH> Windows CE comes to mind.      
      
    MH> All are history at this point.  I still say if M$ forces people and   
    MH> companies to the cloud on their next OS (if there is one), they   
    MH> will no longer own the desktop.    
      
   I think what is happening is that they are listening to themselves and not the    
   users.   
      
      
   Regards,   
      
   Roger    
   --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+ Christina Hendricks   
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