Windows is no longer the OS for personal computing. iOS and Android have replaced the desktop as the most frequently engaged OSes.
Consequently, mobile app experiences dominate everyday personal computing. Microsoft's failure in mobile leaves it without the needed developer support to build an app ecosystem comparable to Apple's and Google's.
Thus, Windows PCs remain Microsoft's forté in a personal computing space that now has a mobile component dominated by non-Windows platforms and devices. Microsoft is attempting to leverage "Windows as a platform" to embrace these rival OSes and devices. "Project Rome" is Microsoft's strategy to use Microsoft Cloud to create a personal platform- and device-agnostic OS that enables seamless user and app experiences across all devices and platforms.
Simply put, Microsoft is positioning the cloud as the OS for everything.
Full story from the WindowsCentral blog...
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