The Odds Are Increasing That Microsoft's Business Will Collapse, article.
I don't expect a "collapse" as such, but if I had MS stock, I would be selling about now. Like the article points out, the vast majority of MS's income comes from Windows and Office. Windows is being undermined by small portable devices in the long trend, it would seem, and Office by more and more free competitors, not the least the online Google Apps, which is already successful, even though it's far from as fast or flexible as Office. You can dump prices, but it's hard to compete with Free.
Whoever wrote that article, had better go buy themselves a pillow. Because they're dreaming.
ReplyDeleteMicrosoft's income comes from their high level server and enterprise applications, and from other proprietary specialty applications.
By the way, Windows and Office the most counterfeited packages in the world. Thanks to China.
If you have ever seen and been to Microsoft headquarters, you wouldn't buy the 'article' either.
Eolake's pretty dumb, though, so it's not surprising he was taken in. He isn't capable of forming his own opinions, he just takes on the opinions of whatever article he reads.
ReplyDeleteMicrosoft's imminent demise has been predicted so many times and for decades now. What's that Mark Twain quote...
ReplyDeleteLast time the accusation was that I was too pig-headed, I never changed my opinion. :-)
ReplyDeleteCould be. Someone as wishy washy as you it might seem to be both.
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