Quote:He doesent suck, but to a certain extent I agree with Diesel.

 

He was forced out at Microsoft because their Mobile (Smartphone) Division has been stuck at number 3 (behind iOS, and Android) with only a 5-10% market share for the last 3-4 years. He stayed on way too long after the damage was done with the lost sales in mobile going to the 2 leaders, and their other divisions suffered as a result.

 

With the way the mobile technology world is going especially with people moving away from the traditional PC, and onto to the tablet and smartphones. Microsoft has struggled mightily in this area, which is why they are making a slow migration from selling PC's to just focusing on their software, and gaming (XBOX) platform. 

 

Their Surface Pro tablets are a good product (My job gave some out to us to try out for a few months) but Microsoft has not put any major resources (apps and consistent software updates) into this and their mobile devices.

 

It also dosent help that they still carry a nasty reputation by some app developers as being too restrictive on their platform.