A billion devices running Windows 10 was the promise made by Microsoft at the company’s Build Conference in San Francisco yesterday.
The ambition is based upon delivering the system on devices ranging from desktop computers down to the embedded systems on Internet of Things devices.
As part of the drive to get onto the IoT, Microsoft also announced Windows 10 initiatives for the makers’ community with various programs for Arduino, Raspberry Pi and Intel’s Minnowboard.
At the same time the company announced how some software will soon be able to run on iPhones and Android devices with an extended Software Developers Kit.
While this makes Windows more attractive for developers who no longer have to develop different versions for the Microsoft product, it’s also an admission the company’s phone strategy has failed.
For Microsoft yesterday’s Build Conference was the opportunity for the company to show their vision of the market’s future that involves computers, mobile devices, the cloud and the Internet of Things.
Whether Microsoft is part of that future is the main concern of CEO Satya Nadella.
this is very ambitious of windows. But this is truely the make or break for the company now. because if they do not succeed with this then all of the time and resources put toward this will have quite a negative effect on the overall company. If this does not work they will be lagging behind the mobile device market even more than before.