Microsoft invested $ 300 million in Barnes & Noble Nook reader

Today, Microsoft has announced an investment of $ 300 million (a fairly large amount even for such a giant) in one of the divisions of Barnes & Noble. This division is responsible for the development of B & N readers. Immediately after this news, the company's shares rose in price by more than 60%.



But more interesting than the question of the value of a company's stock is the question of what will the next model of the Nook reader represent? The current model is based on the Android OS, a somewhat abbreviated version of this software platform. Perhaps the reader will be significantly improved, and the software platform - changed. Experts believe that the next model Nook from a joint venture B & N and Microsoft will be based on Windows 8.



Thanks to its investment, Microsoft kills several birds with one stone. It takes part of the reader market, makes its software platform more well-known, and diversifies its own business. In addition, both companies were able to settle mutual litigations in this original way.

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It would be interesting to see what the new “reader” from the joint venture of Microsoft and B & N would represent. But the announcement is unlikely to happen before the fall-winter of this year. The development requires not only money, but also time. And the Windows 8 platform, on which, most likely, the work of the new reading room will be based, will be released only this fall. so have to wait.



Via techcrunch