In Depth: IE9, Windows 7 tablets, Windows 8 and more in store
2010 has been a landmark year for Microsoft with success after success.
Windows 7: now the fastest-selling operating system ever. Kinect; 2.5 million sold in 25 days. IE9; catching up to Chrome and Firefox on speed and standards support.
The Office Web Apps from Office 2010 are built into the new Facebook messaging system. Even Windows Phone 7 has turned out well and Bing has been gaining users (in October it had nearly as many visitors as Wikipedia, according to Compete, putting it just outside the top five websites – in the US, at least).
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But what happens next year, with Ray Ozzie gone, Chrome OS hitting the market and tablets galore: a rumoured spring release for the iPad 2, the BlackBerry PlayBook by the second half of the year, HP promising webOS tablets and everyone else building on Android with netbook-friendly Gingerbread.
Was this year a turning point or a flash in the pan for Microsoft?
Don’t expect Microsoft to break up, go private, buy Adobe or sack Steve Ballmer.
Don’t expect the mythical Xbox 720 to finally arrive.
Do expect Windows 8, IE9, lots of Windows Phone updates and a slew of tablets using various flavours of Windows (plus up to six more Microsoft stores, including New York, but probably not London).
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