Comment Re:DirectX is obsolete (Score 4, Interesting) 135
Sadly for them, Android beat them to the punch for "Affordable smartphone OS", while apple beat them to the punch for "Luxury smartphone OS". This leaves microsoft scrambling for marketshare in the smartphone space.
So what's going to happen when WP hits 30% in Asia and South America? It's on its way there. In several European countries, WP is at ~12-14%. Windows 10 is going to make central phone management easier; want to guess what's going to happen with tens of millions of various employees being issued official company phones?
WP is going to continue to grow, and iOS is going to continue to fall, until it becomes an irrelevant quirk.
Having a US-centric view on reality isn't a very good thing.