Starbucks CIO shows why next version of Windows is “risky business” for Microsoft
So, what did Gillett tell me?
He said that laptop usage is flat, or even slightly declining, and that mobile usage is on fire and growing a great percentage every month.
Take that trend out two more years, which is when we expect to see the next version of Windows, and you can see the “risky” problem for Microsoft: we might not care at all about the OS on laptops and desktop computers anymore and might have switched to smart phones or slates, like the iPad. By the way, Gillett also said that iDevices from Apple are used more in its stores than any others. How important is that? Well, Gillett wanted to use Flash on the social network, but there wasn’t any way he could because of Steve Jobs’ refusal to support Flash. Even today Apple is refusing to include Flash in its laptops and desktops.So, Starbucks built its system using HTML 5.