[LINK] What is Mircosoft trying to do

[Stephen Loosley]

---- On Mon, 04 Jul 2016, David wrote ---- 

>On 04/07/2016 12:39, Brendan wrote: 
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>> The corollary to this though is that if you don't like Windows 10, you should have a migration plan in place by 2020. Almost by definition that migration must be to some flavour of Linux. 
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> I suppose that depends on how many people migrate to a non-Microsoft tablet device as their only computer. And if large numbers do so, the paradigm of the personal (desktop or tablet) computer as a commercial platform will surely become general. And I wonder how Microsoft et al will cater for non-personal users? ... There should be an opening for a Linux tablet device... 


http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/07/04/android_tablets_too_bitter_a_pill_for_dell  4th Jul 2016 by Richard Chirgwin (snipped)

Dell is getting out of the Android tablet market, citing oversaturation and weak overseas demand for a decision to quit offering the operating system on its Venue tablets.

Its response to all comers is to say the market is oversaturated, something its Kirk Schell blogged about (without mentioning Android).

Schell's pitch is, however, relevant to the 'droid exit, and might hint that other tablets are falling out of favour. 

He writes that “according to Gartner, only 17 percent of consumer respondents in mature markets intend to buy a tablet in the next 12 months – one of the lowest percentages in the past decade. And according to IDC, last quarter, pure slate tablets experienced their greatest annual decline to date of -21.1 percent.”

With Windows 10, Dell reckons that the 8.1-million-device-per-quarter sales in the two-in-one market is better worth its effort.

The two-in-one market is the official Way of the Future (TM) because they offer “a laptop-first experience with the convenience of a tablet when needed. This is where our customers are asking us to invest and innovate”.

The company will also quit updating Android.

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Cheers,
Stephen