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"That’s why Microsoft is so much more interesting today: while Google seems to think they don’t need to change anything and Apple’s customers are brainwashed by marketing, Ballmer has shut up about Apple publicly and Microsoft is making radical changes."

He must not have seen the smear videos Microsoft has put out about Google recently. They certainly haven't shut up about their competitors.

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Not to mention the fact that the reason Microsoft has shut up about Apple publicly is because Apple isn't nearly as an important competitor for Microsoft as they used to be.

In mobile, Microsoft's competition is Google, not Apple. Meanwhile, on the desktop, Microsoft's biggest competition is its own installed base, not the Mac.

He said they'd shut up about Apple, and instead are making radical changes.

Perhaps the fact that they continue to publicly attack Google means that they don't think they need to respond with a strategy change.

How is that worthy of downvotes? Seriously - it's not attacking anyone, it's an attempt to explain the difference in Microsoft's behavior towards two competitors, and it helps to clarify Marco's position.

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