Dumb Moves:

Android war

Microsoft’s secret plans on collecting the all available android patents and thereby forcing the android device makers to pay large fees are exposed with the legal battle with Barnes & Noble. At least some of Microsoft's patent licenses involving Android were broad cross-patent license agreements with hardware partners (like Samsung). B&N really blows the lid off of what Microsoft is doing and how they are forcing money from Android.

Windows Clouds

Microsoft’s cloud applications which are promised to run smoothly on any device and any OS is continuously failing to do so. Be the new browser or the OS, Microsoft is taking a long time in recognizing the non windows platforms. For example Intune, Microsoft’s managed software distribution and security monitoring service is said to enable the users work on every platform. But it currently only supports Windows platform and not even Windows phone 7.

Anticipated Tablets

Microsoft is waiting for the launch of Windows8 to widen its works on tablets. But the world is not waiting till the launch as it shows an aggressive increase in the tablet market. Even though the Microsoft introduced touch support in Windows7, it is still nowhere in the tablet market. Forrester, an analytics firm already predicted that by the time Windows8 arrives, Microsoft will have surrendered the market to others in terms of feature, price and performance specifications.