When it comes to operating systems, the name “Microsoft” is bound to ring in everyone’s ears. They deserve that recognition, given that they have been a major player in desktop computing since the early days of GUIs. While their advancements in the PC world are arguably some of the fundamental pillars of all software experiences we have today, the famous Windows offering wasn’t brought without a story reminiscent of imperial conquers. The tactics that brought Microsoft to the spotlight so many years ago were fierce then, and Microsoft still knows how to play.

When it comes to mobile operating systems, Microsoft had a good start with its original Windows offerings for what we’d now consider primit. . . READ ON »

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