It has been more than four years since Microsoft released Windows Phone 7, and Winphone's market share has been withering away. Last year, Microsoft bought Nokia, such as a Trojan horse-like drama, but did not save winphone, or even slipped, already less than 3%, has been basically marginalized, many of the original development of the app for the big companies have given up, let alone small developers.
This situation, completely contrary to my expectations at that time, because Microsoft has the financial support, winphone on the development of app efficiency is significantly higher than Android/ios, but at that time the understanding is very naïve, a cruel reality is: the merits of the software itself, as long as not the magnitude of differences, is not a decisive factor in the market.
Last week, Microsoft released a spotlight on Windows 10, which Microsoft could no longer afford to lose. Judging from the industry, it is quite positive, but it is doubtful whether the success of the science-fiction-like Hololens,windows 10 itself integrates mobile and desktop.
First of all, a lot of Windows legacy apps still can't find a way to run on win phone compatibility. After several years of development, marketplace on the hundreds of thousands of applications, but also basic platform-compatible. Microsoft's desperate, Windows 10 can be free from Win7 above upgrade, in fact, starting from scratch, re-build the ecosystem.
But still the key question, former CEO old Bao in a general Conference effigy words: Developer, developer, developer. Today is not four years ago, in Android/ios divided the world, Win10 desktop Mobile compatible applications, is enough to attract developers?
According to Microsoft CEO Barnard's new strategy: Mobile first, Cloud first, Win10 on mobile devices, which is Windows Phone 10, is much more important than the desktop. So conversely, since the desktop has become secondary, the ability to drive mobility has become a lot less, and the same year tied defeated Netscape is not the same.
So WP10 will get a certain psychological encouragement, but only by Windows 10 itself, can not win Phone10 Dongfeng, even if there is wind, there is no wood, no fire.
So WP10 there's no hope at all? Not necessarily, WP10 's biggest advantage is the development efficiency of the. NET platform, the mobile internet in the era of IoT, the gap in the demand for high-quality software, may make the status of development efficiency becomes pivotal, then WP10 will have doomed, and even in turn drive the development of Windows desktop.
But before that, there was no doubt that WP10 had to endure several years of struggling, including me. NET developers.
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