"Microsofts what?" some might ask.

Microsofts successful attempt to wipe out a competitor!

I don't think Microsoft has sunk anyone else as quick that weren't significantly smaller businesses then Nokia.

I should add: I don't Microsoft intended to sink Nokia so quickly. The likely strategy was the trip-E method: Embrace, Extend, Extinguish. In this instance I think they were in the Embrace portion of the strategy. It's not really a good thing to sink a competitor who is actually trying to market your product in an industry where you have no product established yet.

One could almost say Microsoft has gotten so good at trip-E that the fruits of their labor are paid out in the very first stage.

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