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Zigurd on July 15, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Nadella talks Microsoft's mobile ambitions, Window...

The attempt to have "Windows everywhere" is what sank Windows Mobile and Windows Phone, and what made Windows 8 a flop.

crandycodes on July 15, 2015 [–]

Win8 didn't really deliver on the Universal OS concept. There is a difference between "'Windows' everywhere" and "Windows everywhere"; though it will be interesting to see if that's enough to convince customers to use the extended platform.

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