As Microsoft Goes Mobile ... Will Innovation Follow?
“Empowering people through great software – anytime, anyplace, and on any device” is Microsoft’s vision. Long accused of using its dominant position in the desktop software market to repel innovative competitors, some are wary of Microsoft’s venture in the mobile industry.
I wrote the following article in 2002 as venture capital editor Wireless Business & Technology magazine.




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