Microsoft’s Answer to Cloud Computing: If You Can’t Beat Them, Join Them

There is little doubt Microsoft is savvy when it comes to making business decisions. They recognized the emerging power of the web browser, entered into the first browser wars and obtained a smashing victory over rival Netscape long before cloud computing or the web as a platform were popular ideas.

Microsoft’s biggest problem: They aren’t always the technology leaders. Of course, history shows us that you don’t need the best product to have the best-selling product. Just look at VHS vs Beta. And what Microsoft has done well is to recognize where the computing world is going and better position themselves for that future. {+++}

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