According to the software billionaire-turned-philanthropist, the firm missed a trick on the mobile front and didn't "get out in the lead early... clearly a mistake."
These are not the lessons the company learned in 2012, but the ones Redmond should realize looking back on such a critical year in the company's history. It's a cheat sheet for how these corporate giants can win 2013.
Thanks to Microsoft's new Surface tablet, Redmond is now in the delicate position of competing with the hardware partners that generate a significant portion of company revenue. Does Windows president Steven Sinofsky think its OEM partners can compete with the Surface tablet?
Today CEO Thom Heins dropped a doozy: The faltering device maker's new operating system, BB10, could be licensed to third parties such as Samsung and Sony.
