Microsoft's mission accomplished message belied by drop in marketshare, commodity pricing: News.com follows up on yesterday's scoop that Microsoft was canceling its broadband wireless products with analysis of the exit. A Microsoft spokesperson attributed the exit to having fulfilled their goals of raising the standard of Wi-Fi products, but a drop from 9 to 6.6 percent marketshare over three months coupled with the fungibility and low cost of Wi-Fi gear was the reason, News.com writes. Linksys may pick up the slack, but might also be forced to lower prices.
