Yasekwa nguBill Gates noPaul Allen ngo-1975, Microsoft iye yavela kwihlabathi le isoftwe kuye hardware uhamba ngeekhompyuter zakho, iiselfowuni, iikhonsoli zemidlalo kunye neetafile. Iziganeko ezibalulekileyo ezifana ne-MS-DOS, iWindows, i-Ofisi okanye i-Xbox ibe ngundoqo kushishino lobugcisa.
Nangona kucacile ukuba bafike emva kwexesha kwicandelo lethebhulethi (nangona babe ngabakhi be-slate yokuqala kwimarike), imisipha yabo enkulu yezemali kunye nobungqina bokuba le fomati ayinakuthatha indawo yePC ukuba isebenze kuphela kwaye hayi ukuvelisa umxholo, babuyele kuyo Utyikityo lukaRedmond ukubalasela eyaphulukana nayo emva kwesizukulwana sokuqala soMphezulu.
Ukufika kwe Satya Nadella kwisalathiso senkampani kunye nokuzinikela kwayo kwiifomathi zeselfowuni / zokuchukumisa kunye neenkonzo zelifu ezifanelekileyo kulo naliphi na iqonga, kuthethe utshintsho olubalulekileyo lwesalathiso kwiMicrosoft, eyathi ukusukela ekufikeni kwayo yacinga malunga umphandle njengemveliso engakunyanzeliyo ukuba ukhethe phakathi kwethebhulethi kunye nelaptop, kodwa inikezela ngeenketho zombini.
Ngoxa umgca I-Lumia uphantse waphela kwaye Windows 10 Mobile Inokuchazwa kuphela njengokungaphumeleli kwezorhwebo, iipilisi ze-hybrid ezithatha inxaxheba kwi-platform ye-Microsoft zihamba ngokupheleleyo, ngokungafaniyo nokunciphisa ukuthengiswa kwe-Android kunye ne-iPad. I-2017 ithembisa ukuba ngunyaka weendaba ezinomdla kwinkampani yaseRedmond, kodwa ngaba baya kumela ukuguquka kwenyani okukwazi ukubanika ubukhosi kwicandelo?
