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Wednesday, 10 April 2013

Stubborn Microsoft is Killing PC Industry

Posted on 20:43 by Unknown
Back in December, I wrote that Windows 8 was killing the PC industry.

In February, the sales numbers from 4Q12 showed clearly that Windows 8 was the problem.

In March, I wondered when investors would lose confidence in Microsoft.

Well, the numbers for 1Q13 are in and both IDC and Gartner are finally laying blame where it belongs: Microsoft's Windows 8. IDC and Gartner behave a lot like investment advisors... by the time they tell you to sell, it is much too late.

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