Windows' cloudy future: That Chrome OS advantage is Google's to lose

The locked-down world and their Chromebook would like a word...
Column Microsoft has changed a lot since Steve Ballmer left. It's hard to imagine Satya Nadella fostering an environment where workers felt they had to hide their iPhones for fear of enraging the boss. Microsoft is contributing so much to open source now it almost feels unfair to mention that Ballmer called open source 'cancer'. Almost.…