The Good, Bad, and Ugly for Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) This Past Week

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The ugly
The worst news I read about the company this week was the comparison my colleague Anders Bylund make between Windows 8 and Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX)‘s historic Qwikster disaster. Anders noted that while Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) made a big mistake with the Qwikster idea, it heard the complaints from its customers and made changes to make them happy. But he didn’t see Microsoft doing the same thing with Windows 8, which has sparked a number of complaints over significant changes to the operating system. A Windows 8 update is coming, but Anders doesn’t think it goes far enough and believes it will leave customers disappointed. It’s true that Windows 8 for PCs has been a disaster so far. Microsoft relies on Windows for a large portion of its annual revenue, and unless the newest version really wows customers, the company may have trouble in the coming quarters.

More Foolish insight
It’s been a frustrating path for Microsoft investors, who’ve watched the company fail to capitalize on the incredible growth in mobile over the past decade. However, with the release of its own tablet, along with the widely anticipated Windows 8 operating system, the company is looking to make a splash in this booming market.

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