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As developers placed the first generation of their apps (and data) on Windows, and as the amount of Microsoft OS based data grew, so did the value of the Windows ecosystem and of each successive generation of apps.
The reason, at least in part, that there was so much written for Microsoft OS was that it was such a popular OS. And as other OSes become more popular then I would expect to see attention being paid to writing malware for them.
In addition, Google will soon launch its own tablets into this segment, as will makers of Microsoft-OS-based tablets.
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Here is why Microsoft creates new OS. Technology changes and so does the need to be able to handle new resources.
And he does not think the deal to switch to phones based on the Microsoft Phone 7 OS will save them.
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Market leader Microsoft designs its OS primarily for more demanding personal and laptop computers, and has less motivation to fight fiercely for the smaller and less profitable netbook market.
Certainly, if these factoids are correct, this fall's Mango lineup looks to be laden with all kinds of hidden gems we haven't seen on Microsoft's OS yet.
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Microsoft reports Windows OS operating margin in its SEC filings.
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If Android is not free, Apple, Google and Microsoft will dominate the smart phone OS. The mobile OS licenses alone could create another Microsoft!
The point of this pie-charting is that Microsoft's computer OS footprint is a mighty 92 percent across all Windows versions.
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Although Skype is already integrated with iPhone and Android OS, Microsoft could look to incorporate Skype into its mobile offering.
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We know the changes might not be huge in Microsoft's upcoming OS, but it's shiny and it's fresh, so get on that.
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Unlike PCs that use installed software such as Microsoft Word, Chrome OS computers run their applications through the firm's web browser and store their files in the cloud.
Except maybe a happy beginning, which is precisely what you're looking at above -- Microsoft's new OS captured in all its glory within minutes of completing the installation.
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The software updates itself automatically over the Internet, and is available for each of the four main device platforms: Palm's Palm OS, Microsoft's Pocket PC and Windows CE, and Symbian's EPOC.
But, with hardware which will no longer be able to run the current (and thus Microsoft-priority) OS before the end of the year, Q3 is expected to be a difficult one.
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The biggest phone we can see of this baker's dozen of a lineup is the HTC Gold ( sound familiar?), due in November and loaded with Microsoft's mobile OS newcomer Windows Phone 7.
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OtherOS enabled the machine to run Linux, the alternative operating system to Microsoft Windows and Apple OS. Running Linux essentially turned the PS3 from a single-purpose gaming console into a desktop computer, which people could use to write programs.
Because different companies use different operating systems, Symbol makes products based on the Palm (nasdaq: PALM - news - people) OS, Microsoft 's (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people) Pocket PC platform, Windows CE and DOS. What these products have in common is their durability.
Android and iOS account for a combined 85% of the market but the near-duopoly could break in the coming years, with Microsoft making a reinvigorated assault on the mobile space with its Windows Phone 8 OS. But with Microsoft going with Qualcomm as the sole supplier of chipsets for WP8 handsets, Qualcomm has that base covered as well.
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Microsoft's scaled-down OS, Windows CE, is already appearing in cable boxes, and Microsoft is positioning it to create other appliances with attitude -- let's call them active appliances.
Microsoft had a mobile phone OS in 2003, and you could purchase applications for it.
If handset makers go looking for an OS alternative, Microsoft Phone 8 is the most obvious choice.
After launching last October on Windows 8, the outfit is showing Microsoft's other major OS a bit of love today.
If Microsoft only develops a new OS every three to five years, it will miss major innovations, and constantly be playing catch up.
Microsoft already dominates the PC OS market, and if it could extend this lead to tablets through Windows 8, it could present a real challenge to Apple in the long term.
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For Microsoft it has a great OS on its side, but the battle is only just starting and they have a long way to go before any of them can claim victory.
Leap Motion, the company behind the Leap Motion controller, a gesture recognition system for personal computers (starting with Apple OS X and Microsoft Windows), has had a passionate group of developers on board from the start.
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Apart from a stated preference and dedication to Microsoft's Windows Phone OS, savvy geeks on the cusp of the next best thing won't necessarily want what the 900 has to offer, especially in light of that other spotlight-stealing flagship, the One X.
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