"Right now Microsoft really believes that it has to have a combined hardware, software, and services play to go up against the likes of Apple"

http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/15/10/09/2030227/microsofts-mission-to-reignite-the-pc-sector?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

"Windows still ships on more than 300 million devices per year. But developing for Windows is no longer necessary to make money."

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-one-thing-microsoft-needs-to-get-right-this-year-2015-1

"#Microsoft is now further along than #Apple and #Google at integrating their mobile and desktop OSes."

http://techcrunch.com/2012/11/24/wait-when-did-microsoft-become-kind-of-cool

"Microsoft must move beyond the desktop as the smartphone and tablet markets expand. But the company should make this transition by leveraging rather than destroying the Windows ecosystem."

http://www.technologyreview.com/view/507746/what-sinofskys-departure-suggests-about-the-current-state-and-likely-future-of-microsoft/

"It kind of doesn’t matter how successful Surface is. But it does matter a lot if Windows 8 is successful."

http://allthingsd.com/20121120/reed-hastings-on-microsoft-watch-windows-8-not-surface/