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		nakedrobot2 on Aug 23, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to retire within 12 mo... > I'm excited about having a real force to counterbalance > Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon again. Are these 4 independent corporations somehow conspiring to restrict your choices in some way? :)

rdl on Aug 23, 2013 [–]

5 > 4. And really they're not all players in everything Microsoft does (Google is closest); FB isn't going to touch a phone again, and doesn't do a desktop OS, etc. Azure/AWS/GCE would be better than today (where we really just have AWS). Android/iOS/WP would be nice. etc.

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