Instead, even as it offers the occasional olive branch to the open source community, it can't help but , again and again. And whereas Apple at least has some innovative technology going for it, Microsoft doesn't.

Weak technology, lax security, restrictive policies, and a lack of choice--these, it appears, are to be what the Windows Phone platform is all about. Smart businesses would do well to stay far away from it.

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