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Microsoft is a software company. For nigh on three decades, Windows and Office have been the bread and butter of the Redmond, Washington company. However, the last decade has seen increasing success and competition from both Apple and Google. Now, it seems as if the mammoth software business just isn’t enough to keep Microsoft at the top of the game. With Xbox, and now Surface, we’ve seen Microsoft go further and further down the rabbit hole of hardware products, and it is becoming clear that Microsoft’s future isn’t just that of a software company.