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Will Full Windows Come To Phones?

After Tuesday at Microsoft’s annual shareholder meeting, many people were speculating whether Steve Ballmer would discuss whether Microsoft plans to eventually bring the Windows 8 operating system to the phone. After Ballmer’s statements, the question had not officially been answered. During the discussion, Ballmer answered a question about whether we are currently living in a […]

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Nov 17, 2011
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After Tuesday at Microsoft’s annual shareholder meeting, many people were speculating whether Steve Ballmer would discuss whether Microsoft plans to eventually bring the Windows 8 operating system to the phone. After Ballmer’s statements, the question had not officially been answered.


During the discussion, Ballmer answered a question about whether we are currently living in a post-PC era, and stated that “We are in the Windows era. We were, we are and we always will be. That’s kind of what we get paid to do.”

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