Microsoft Backs Out Of Wi-Fi Equipment Market 348
Glenn Fleishman writes "Say it ain't so! Microsoft makes good consumer Wi-Fi equipment but is exiting the market, News.com reports. They'll sell out their inventory, but won't make new models or produce new product. I can't recall a case in which Microsoft had viable products and decent sales and exited instead of spending more money to compete more effectively. Or even when they had non-viable products (Pocket PC's original OS) and spent years and billions before they had something that worked. Perhaps competition from Cisco (Linksys subsidiary), NetGear, and even Apple (which has a disproportionate marketshare) made MSFT blink."
Say WHAT? (Score:5, Funny)
The tide turns... (Score:3, Funny)
free hardware ... right ? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Diverting attention elsewhere? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:That's a change of pace... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Duh (Score:5, Funny)
Just wondering, who is the official network equipment maker of the tinfoil hat wearers?
Re:Duh (Score:5, Funny)
Re:That's a change of pace... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Say WHAT? (Score:4, Funny)
Well, they can HOPE all they want. Doesn't mean it will actually happen.
I hope I'll win a billion dollars at the end of the night?
I hope I'll magically have all my paperwork done in five minutes.
I hope that Natalie Portman (with hot grits (or porridge, or oatmeal, i don't care)) will appear here by the end of the night.
Will these things actually happen?
I bet that sales tanked after... (Score:4, Funny)
It looks like you're trying to trying to configure your wireless router!
Would you like to:
Re:The tide turns... (Score:4, Funny)
It all makes perfect sense... (Score:5, Funny)
Translation: After offering a product based on actual standards, which offer us no way to develop a strangle hold on consumers, we've decided to drop this product in order to devote more time coming up with a proprietary solution...
Re:Are you talking about a different MS? (Score:5, Funny)
I am now, and forever, scared by a mental image of Bill Gates in a giant red boufont wig and spandex pants.
Microsoft Mad Libs (Score:4, Funny)
_Eighteen_months_ from now a lawsuit will be filed by _a_networking_manufacturer_ claiming that Microsoft violated a private, previously undisclosed agreement to exit the _Wi-Fi_hardware_ market if this company would _(pick_from_list_below_)_
Re:Say WHAT? (Score:5, Funny)
"Microsoft makes good consumer Wi-Fi equipment" (Score:2, Funny)
A Precognicient webcomic? (Score:2, Funny)
You decide!
Just BUY CISCO, Bill (Score:3, Funny)
Re:OT: minimal keyboard (Score:3, Funny)