Wintel Empire Prepares To Strike Back
by Sneha Shah
Introduction
The Wintel duopoly of Microsoft (MSFT) and Intel (INTC) has been severely hurt by Apple's game changing iPhone and iPad. These companies which have dominated the consumer and enterprise technology industry for the last 2 decades have seen the first serious assault on their supremacy. The Wintel Empire had a vice like grip on the computing industry, with Intel providing the hardware (chips) while Microsoft provided the software (Windows). Though there were competitors like Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), RedHat (RHT) etc. these companies posed no serious threat to the Wintel Empire. However, Apple changed everything, first with the introduction of the iPhone and then with the iPad. The iPhone and iPad decisively moved the computing industry focus from PCs and laptops to mobile devices. Google (GOOG) in its own way also struck important blows to the empire through Android, Google Office Apps etc. read more »
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