Text 18535, 46 rader
Skriven 2007-06-07 21:12:42 av John Beamish (1:379/45)
  Kommentar till text 18531 av mike (1:379/45)
Ärende: Re: Microsoft Surface: The Fine Clothes of a Naked Empire
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From: "John Beamish" <JLBeamish@rogers.com>

I remember a quote from many years ago about MS and its then tremendous cash
horde (don't know what it is now but I'm sure it has a few bucks stashed away).
 When asked about it, Bill apparently replied that he was paranoid that someone
would take over their space and he wanted to be able to operate the company
without any revenue for a full year.

The glib observation:  he may have to.

The real observation:  MS as a desktop platform will continue to be the prime
desktop throughout computing for decades to come.  Linux, for a variety of
reasons (all hashed out well elsewhere) will make niche inroads but will not be
the dominent or even majority desktop/laptop platform of choice.  Yes, yes, I
know all about China and India and Africa.  It just ain't gonna happen.  At the
server level, Linux will do well but since so much business is already tied
into environments provided by MS the idea of migrating just isn't on the cards.
 There's too much infrastructure (SW, people, training, ...) that needs to be
migrated and the number of people with the necessary Linux experience just
aren't there.

When it comes to things like Search, Google has the market substantially locked
up.  Apple OSes are to MS OSes as Microsoft Search will be to Google search. 
MS's problem isn't an inability to deliver the kind of search product that
Google is delivering; MS's problem is that it has lost focus on what it does
well:  deliver software that works with the existing "wetware" (people) already
in positions of technical infrastructure support.


On Thu, 07 Jun 2007 18:58:49 -0400, mike <mike@barkto.com> wrote:

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> http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/RDM.Tech.Q2.07/2152AFA3-DE5C-4A92-BE17-672C7
858E854.html
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> What happens when the core values of an empire are exposed as a fraud?
> Does it prompt it change? More likely, it results in the generation of
> more false information to cover up the embarrassing failings.
> Such is the case with Microsoft Corp., which has lost its leadership
> position in the tech world after six years of failed consumer products
> initiatives and the inability to innovate beyond--or even keep pace
> with--faster moving rivals, including Apple and Google.

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