WP7 may have been late to the table and turn into a total failure, but it's certainly innovative.
Hell, even the Zune device + Zune software + Zune service is the best music provider out there, imho.
I guess you can argue that Windows 7, .NET 4.0 and ASP/MVC are derivative, but they're certainly moving their core products forward.
Microsoft has plenty of hits and plenty of misses, but everyone acts like they're being left behind by Google, Apple, Facebook and Twitter. They still make a ton of money and put out a lot of new, fresh products. Some are great (.NET 4, Kinect), some crappy (IE 8), and some meh (Office 2010), but would you argue Google has any better of a track record? Remember Wave and Buzz?.
The Kinect is highly innovative and it the fastest selling gadget in history: http://www.neowin.net/news/kinect-beats-apple-becomes-fastes...
WP7 may have been late to the table and turn into a total failure, but it's certainly innovative.
Hell, even the Zune device + Zune software + Zune service is the best music provider out there, imho.
I guess you can argue that Windows 7, .NET 4.0 and ASP/MVC are derivative, but they're certainly moving their core products forward.
Microsoft has plenty of hits and plenty of misses, but everyone acts like they're being left behind by Google, Apple, Facebook and Twitter. They still make a ton of money and put out a lot of new, fresh products. Some are great (.NET 4, Kinect), some crappy (IE 8), and some meh (Office 2010), but would you argue Google has any better of a track record? Remember Wave and Buzz?.