Microsoft’s CEO Says Windows Is “The Most Open Platform” Ever

Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella attended the Gartner Symposium ITxpo 2016 in Orlando to talk about company products such as Windows and Office, but also about the LinkedIn acquisition that caused so much controversy after the public announcement.

One particularly interesting remark made by Nadella during his keynote concerns Microsoft’s operating system, which has embarked on a long-term transformation with the final goal of bringing together platforms and merging PCs, smartphones and gaming consoles.

“Windows is the most open platform there is,” Nadella said according to ZDNet, adding that “bringing users, IT, and developers together is the approach we’ve always taken. When you bring them together, that’s where the magic happens.”

Microsoft’s efforts of bringing everything Windows together is based mostly on the concept of universal apps, which are supposed to run on all ...