Leave it to Steve Ballmer to espouse his views on why Redmond reigns supreme… In no particular order: Bing) sure it might (now) be the #2 Search Engine. However; how much of that is attributed to the simple fact that the average consumer who is using IE (as their primary browser) is in all probability also using Bing (as it is set the default setting for search?) Towards that end; this is aside from the fact that Yahoo! bailed on further developing AltaVista (the pioneering Search Engine) and went to Bing. Skype) true be told – Microsoft bought it and now they’ll begin their long-standing tradition of claiming how innovative they are as a result (again, due to an acquisition!) Mango) yes, it is pending release due to their Nokia partnership and Samsung’s obsessive quest to beat Apple and claim the top spot in the Smartphone space (akin to what they did with Sony… although it should be noted that Sony doesn’t make vacuum cleaners, etc. and the other sorts of products that Samsung makes that helps their stated claim in this respect). Finally, as far as how the Android OS is ‘an operating system for computer scientists’ or “Apple presenting a sea of icons.’ This is laughable from a company whose OS is essentially analogous to driving a car with the hood welded shut and who is notorious themselves for icons being all-over the desktop (or in the toolbar) via their Windows hegemony.
(Source) Information Week: http://goo.gl/shQFX