“Reason #1: Microsoft can build an ecosystem”
ecosystem???????
>>ecosystem???????
Think of it as that which grows out of a framework of buzzwords and bullshyte.
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Ecosystem: the symbiotic relationships between hardware platform, operating system, applications, networking, software delivery, device drivers, etc. If any of those is inadequate, all other related products suffer. Jump starting the whole interconnected set of dependent products is what makes or breaks a broad new technology. Apple pulled it off with iOS, M$ with Xbox; many have likewise tried but failed.