7 Reasons Why Microsoft is DOOMED!
Posted by: Rea Maor In: Microsoft and Windows - Sunday, September 2nd, 2007Not this year, not next year… but soon – almost certainly by the next decade.
#1. Their business model is a dead-end. – Back when Microsoft first started business in 1980, software as a commodity was still a fuzzy concept. Computers, themselves, were flying off the shelves, and of course you bought game cartridges for game consoles, but what little computer software was being sold in the early 1980’s was worth a few dollars at the most. And then came “Micro-soft” – a BASIC interpreter on a floppy disk in a zip-lock plastic baggy! But somehow, it caught on.
Now, in 2007, the concept of software as a commodity is rapidly wearing off again. Today, it’s all about the service and maintenance – something that Microsoft isn’t prepared to deal with.
#2. They flunk at Web 2.0. – Another shift in the technology market is the much-hyped web app. When you can get more and more of your programs to download from a server and run in a web browser, your whole operating system – as far as what needs to be installed on your computer goes – can be a life-support system for a web browser. You can even get a full operating system to run in your browser! Meanwhile, the biggest stake they have ever had in the Internet user-space is Internet Explorer.
#3. They’re running out of friends. – First off, they’ve been brought up on multiple anti-trust charges in both the United States and Europe, plus been the subject of 130 lawsuits besides. Now consider that IBM, their former friend, now values Linux above Microsoft. And then there’s Sun, Apple, Google, and Oracle, who are flat-out competitors to Microsoft while favoring at least open source, if not Linux proper. Even Adobe is starting to look like a competitor with Microsoft, with nearly a one-to-one mapping of what Adobe and Microsoft each offer.
#4. They only have a couple of cash cows to work with. – Yes, it’s easy to look good when you consider their dominance on the desktop and office programs – but that’s their two products that they stay afloat on is Windows and Office. What about the other ventures of Microsoft? Is MSN taking over share from Google and Yahoo? Did the Zune beat the iPod? How many of you bought Microsoft Surface? Web servers? Nope, Apache rules that roost. OK, so what about the XBox? Yes! The XBox is selling well… at a loss.
At this point, it is becoming apparent that Microsoft had better cling to that operating system and office suite, because every time they step into another market, they get their head handed to them.
#5. People are hating on Vista. – We didn’t even see this many people mad about Windows ME.
#6. Their stock isn’t rising any more. – This is not to say “this week”, but rather over the last seven years. This chart shows a clear picture. You see the stock value climbing steadily until right at the year 2000 – then it fell gradually and has puttered along at a level rate ever since. Microsoft was once the most profitable stock you could trade, but with a seven year slump, that magic spell seems to be irrevocably broken.
#7. PC makers are starting to turn their backs on Microsoft. – Sure, small-time markets have offered alternatives to Microsoft, but when a giant PC seller like Dell starts selling Ubuntu machines, that’s another big sign. HP has followed suit.
Five months ago, noted tech industry guru Paul Graham declared Microsoft dead. People laughed and even I was skeptical, but now that we see the further developments that have happened since that time, it may turn out that Paul Graham has the last laugh, yet.
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September 2nd, 2007 at 18:00
I Agree, Microsoft will eventually go down if they do not do something about it! VIsta is not at all that special and I doubt that the recently launched Service Pack 1 will do anything that will count! Everybody is slowly turning their backs on Microsoft!
September 2nd, 2007 at 19:33
I switched to Linux, Kubuntu to be specific, a few months ago when I got tired of all the problems I had with Windows. I didn’t really see a future in upgrading to Vista and I thought I should use free an open source software. There’s a few things I miss (the pimped out IM clients like Yahoo, MSN, and AIM with photo sharing and etc), but otherwise, as far as a reliable and steady machine that’s a workhorse, Ubuntu’s been a free breath of fresh air that came as a relief.
September 2nd, 2007 at 19:41
You have to consider the MSFT share price relative to inflation and other share prices. Pick the Dow Jones for example, over the last 5 years the Dow Jones has managed an average of approx 13% PA growth. In comparison, MSFT has managed maybe 3% PA growth (but it’s been putting up and down so much that there isn’t a clear trend, 3% PA is generous).
Thus, we could say that every year, MSFT devalues by 10% relative to other investment opportunities.
This is a little unfair, because it doesn’t consider dividends paid. OK from yahoo we can see that the 5 year dividend yield is 3.5% PA which we could add to the growth rate and get a total MSFT gain of 6.5% PA — still, in effect, a devaluation of 6.5% PA relative to the Dow Jones. That means that everyone owning MSFT shares could have done 6.5% PA better by owning something else instead.
September 2nd, 2007 at 21:12
wrong
#1 – thats bs. read this please http://www.crn.com/software/201000524
#2 you can say that on every company that doesnt make web app.
does oracle is doomed? as its selling installable software and not making web app!! does sun? i mean, wtf.
and microsoft’s silverlight might be the actual platform of many of these web apps
#3 every one of the companies you mentioned has a lot of rivals too
and adobe is a rival to microsoft because microsoft entered to adobe’s territory with silverlight and photoshop alternative. you making it sound like adobe is entering microsoft’s market when its the opposite and adobe is the one who needs to worry
#4 what about windows server (latest version 2008) which is now about quarter of microsofts earnings and is increasing its market share every year.
#5 yep some people hating vista, but some loving it. time working in favor of vista as faster computers will run vista faster and SP1 will fix many problems
#6 so?
#7 all they do is offering an alternative to windows. its not that because of this ms will sell less
September 2nd, 2007 at 21:38
You base your opinion that Windows Vista Sucks on a Google search with ten pages of results? Just so that we are clear on this one, if you search “Window Me Sucks” you will also get ten pages of results and if you search for “Linux sucks” you get another ten pages of results.
Microsoft’s actions haven’t gone up since 200 as you point but I really don’t see where they plummet the chart you provide on your article shows the actions as having stabilized.
So far your article had made a few good points which lack polish, but then you argue nobody has bough Microsoft Surface. If you had done the least amount of research you would have found Surface won’t be released until winter 2007.
September 3rd, 2007 at 1:47
Microsoft will not die. They certainly will take a hit, but the gaming market and hardware market will keep them afloat. I think a world without Microsoft is bad indeed. Microsoft is the base that everybody sets their standards against. I think that eventually Microsoft will realize that they aren’t making money and will finally appease the consumers to make their money back.
September 3rd, 2007 at 2:08
Sure, I can agree with you that Vista was bad. The only problem with Vista is that Microsoft released Vista when it wasn’t ready and that is why people are hating on it. If Microsoft works a bit harder in this year Vista can be a very nice operating system to have. I think it is quite funny that you go one the broad assumption that Microsoft is in serious trouble. Just because they made a mistake doesn’t mean that it is the end of Microsoft. And Dell and them are offering Linux as operating systems because some people don’t want to pay for Vista and rather has something where everything in the world is free. Well, I come from the part of town where you pay for the things you want. So what if GIMP is free. I find Photoshop worth the money.
September 3rd, 2007 at 2:20
“#1 – thats bs. read this please http://www.crn.com/software/201000524”
Just because he said it, doesn’t mean it’s true. Please watch this: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1274983729713522403.
“#2 you can say that on every company that doesnt make web app.
does oracle is doomed? as its selling installable software and not making web app!! does sun? i mean, wtf.”
A little research goes along way, you should check again for both Oracle and Sun web apps. You’ve heard of java right? Not only are there a bunch of web apps for it made by sun, you can use it to create your own web apps.
“#5 yep some people hating vista, but some loving it. time working in favor of vista as faster computers will run vista faster and SP1 will fix many problems”
Have you even tried to use Vista for anything other than playing around at home? It’s ME 2.0. It was a good idea that was poorly carried out. Why would anyone that has a need to run a MS OS move from XP or 2003 to Vista??? Most of the IT professionals I know will not touch Vista with a 25′ pole, why leave an OS that works for one that clearly doesn’t. (slashdot had a very good article not long ago (http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/18/1512243).
“#6 so?”
Great reply, must have taken a lot of thought.
Each OS has it’s place, Linux is great for certain types of servers but poor on the desktop end (so far, it’s gotten a lot better than 5 years ago), 2003 works well for servers but doesn’t always have the horse power you need (lets see what the successor brings).
Microsoft isn’t going away anytime soon, but the market is changing, it always does, and always will.
September 3rd, 2007 at 2:26
Your points are very interesting but I don’t think MS is dead just yet; they will continue to reinvent as long as they have money in the bank.
You forgot several MS follies
1) Steve Ballmer – in the business world he is seen as a “buffoon” – he is seen the same way inside of MS.
2) MS Research – how much did you spend on those projects that you were not able to monetize? Rick Rashid is also a buffoon.
3) MS used to be a place to be proud to call “home” – and if you worked hard you had a good opportunity to get payed hard. Now folks treat it like a job and work 9 to 5 – they have lost and continue to lose employee loyalty.
And your point #6 – Several years back MS announced that they were going to buy back a huge number of shares of stock. Why buy them when you can keep the price low and collect expiring underwater options from your employee’s? Maybe, maybe not…
September 3rd, 2007 at 2:26
ive been telling ppl this for a wile.
microsoft has never innovated anything. ever.
they buy, they strong arm, they keep things inefficeint to help the hardware market.
i give them 5 years.
September 3rd, 2007 at 2:28
great read!
(ideas.live.com)
Ive felt (for over a year now) that if google makes an OS, that would really speed up change. 1 service alone sums up Microsoft crapware
September 3rd, 2007 at 2:48
They will not die but at least their influence will surely go down
September 3rd, 2007 at 3:41
Hi Rea,
Let me try to argue that your points were all wrong. I’ll argue it per point.
1) Their business model is not dead. Even IBM is still a software company. I would suggest you to ask an IBM exec whether they offer more service than software. IBM, a huge hi-tech company, is still selling software. They even sell their laptop division to Lenovo.
There are huge companies willing to pay for MS software. Last time I checked while I was intern-ing at MS, even the unknown enterprise software from MS is doubling their sales every… single… quarter. We’re talking in hundred millions here, not some cheesy tenth millions. Guess what? Visio is on its way to 1 Billion dollars sales. Now that’s an insider news that you’ve never heard before.
2) Flunk Web 2.0? Most of my friends are using Live Spaces. And dude, Live has great APIs and libraries to come out soon. It’s way better to deal with Live APIs than to deal with 10000000001 REST-ful different web-apps out there. Because for each web-apps out there, you have to “login” x-times. Even that, web 2.0 mostly is just hype. There’s no big money in it, and I still believe that web/http is not a good software platform. It’s good for publishing but not for software.
3) They’re not running out of friends so to speak. Do you know what Steve Jobs envy the most from Microsoft/Bill Gates? One word: Partnership. MS has tons of partnerships outside the tech industry. Recently, I just installed Vista on my desktop (I also own a MacBook by the way). Front-Row (or Corn Row, whatever you want to call that particular Mac App) is no match for Windows Media Center. I can listen and watch MTV music video for FREE (granted not all of them but it still beats Front-Row). I installed my new cheap TV-Tuner and voila, Windows Media Center deals with all the connection and figuring out all the channels. Now my Dev box has become an entertainment box with no performance tax. MS provides the infrastructure, content providers provide the content. They both happy with the current situation because MS knows its place.
Let’s take a look at Apple and Google. They’re buddy buddy in terms of YouTube and GMap in iPhone. For now. Then suddenly I heard gossips about Google Phone. Now who’s buddy-buddy when that phone comes out?
The nature of the software industry is just like that. You don’t want the other company holds important position over your existence. It’s just business; you need to arm yourself or others will eat you. In fact, I would argue if MS is making friend with Google and Oracle, MS will die faster.
4) They have more than two cash cows. Read above when I said Visio is on its way to 1Billion. Their enterprise apps are also doubling its sales every single quarter. MS-SQL Server is gaining momentum. I would definitely suggest you to check Gartner and Yankee analysis on enterprise software. They’re a good source provider to check your fact against theirs before you publish something without backings (^_^)
Regarding XBOX, I think you don’t know the nature of the console industry. They’re selling the console with a loss in profit, but they gain tons of the money in Games and service offering (like XBOX live). It’s just like drugs dealing ya know?
Unless you’re Apple (charging more for a mere standard hardware), you’re not making a lot of profits in terms of selling hardware itself. The cost to reproduce a hardware isn’t as cheap as reproducing a software CD.
5) Only bloggers hate Vista (and most bloggers have short attention span). I used MacBook less and less frequently ever since I switched from XP to Vista.
6) If their stock rise by just a bit, that involved BILLION dollars. That is less likely to happen. If that ever happened, you’ll see something interesting in the world economy. That, I can guarantee you.
7) Just because Dell is selling Ubuntu that doesn’t mean they’re turning their back on Microsoft. I’m sure they’re still selling the same amount of PC with Windows software (XP or Vista) pre-installed with them. They’re just adding their lineup so that people that hate XP/Vista will buy theirs not Lenovo or some other laptop makers. So if this year they’re selling 50 laptops with XP/Vista installed, next year they’re going to sell 50 or more laptops with XP/Vista installed AND 5 more laptops with Ubuntu installed. That way, they’re making MORE money than before.
Some images from Gartner:
http://mediaproducts.gartner.com/reprints/microsoft/article13a/article13a_0001.png
http://www.ecmstrategy.com/is/WindowsLiveWriter/ed599e776358_8BF1/ECM_magic_quadrant_20064_3.jpg
http://tk1.storage.msn.com/x1pVS6mhpfmd94kAfNyMPc7Cj4Rw21ATDBjlB9gQRasIlhNIC2cDZsMv32QD8W_h5_fShqYku6s0rkbJWmzbRSH7nzSz4AAkbgGGn9_IQx7KZgf0N7V2CpalR3edO728lq7J5P2S6u7OeUnaZ82utAlmA
Bloggers are odd people.
They tell their readers predictions with no deep research.
They’re not working for the company yet they can tell what’s wrong with the company.
They never involved in Enterprise infrastructure but all they know is Web 2.0, Google AdSense and Twitter.
I’d suggest you follow Microsoft closely than ever. They’re just started to get their 2nd wind to grow bigger than before.
Is this meant to be a linkbait? Sorry, have to ask.
September 3rd, 2007 at 4:00
[...] criticism and obnoxiousness from open-source users and smug Apple owners. Today I’m going to debunk Rea Maor’s 7 Reasons Why Microsoft is DOOMED; the article is so absurd that I’m half-convinced that it’s a satire piece written by a [...]
September 3rd, 2007 at 4:26
this is a silly and unfounded article.
XBOX 360 is not at a loss, and Microsoft’s MSN is still one of the biggest portals on the web; and I don’t know if you realize it or not, but nobody uses AIM, almost every country outside of the united states uses MSN or Yahoo Messenger (more MSN than yahoo for sure).
It’s time to stop bashing for fanboy-ism and start digging up facts, ’cause obviously blurting out hideous comments isn’t going to bring down Microsoft.
September 3rd, 2007 at 4:29
omg, microsoft owns 30% of apple, what the heck was the author thinking?!
September 3rd, 2007 at 4:49
Sure they will take a beating, but they won’t die.
If you look at how Microsoft has been conducting business for the last decades, it becomes obvious that their business model is not only about commodity software. They are business wise very aggressive. They kill some of their opponent, either by buying them or with law suits etc. Of cause they can’t do it to the big players, but even here they try.
So I guess they will be harassing their way into new markets, rather than die. They will lose a lot of money and it will be an expensive fight… but they will do it.
In regards to Microsoft with their current business… sure they will die.
September 3rd, 2007 at 5:00
Exectly 1 good point there, Apache. But as long as there’s no alternative for desktops, MS has nothing to worry about (and please don’t make me laugh with Ubuntu/Compiz Fusion whining)
September 3rd, 2007 at 5:43
I installed Vista on a new machine without too many problems. The operating system is functionaly no different than XP. It is spiffy and has some cool features, but in my humble opinion, unless you’re just crazy about Microsoft it is not worth the money or hassle.
Some things to know:
1. The new MS Word is awefull. It is buggy, does not speak Web 2.0 and has some really bad features that make it easy to delete or overwrite files.
2. Vista is full of bugs. None are really, blue screen of death, but are just annoying. The funny thing is Explorer locks up twice as much as Firefox.
3. You need a very fast system. I have an Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 Ghz with 4 gigs of RAM and sometimes Vista gets my CPU and RAM up to near a 100 percent without loading any big programs.
4. Window Live One Care virus support is not enough. I still have LavaSoft Ad-Aware and I’m probably going to get McAfee virus and firewall. On that note, the same ol’ virus, trojans, worms, spyware that work great on XP work even better on Vista.
5. The widget bar is useless and slowed my system down to a crawl. It would bug out, even when I wasn’t using it and sometimes wouldn’t let me boot or shutdown.
So are you convinced yet that Vista is the only way to go!
Kmuzu
Lord Commander of Vista Home Premium
September 3rd, 2007 at 5:46
September 3rd, 2007 at 7:05
[...] of criticism and obnoxiousness from open-source users and smug Apple owners. Today I’m going to debunk Rea Maor’s 7 Reasons Why Microsoft is DOOMED; the article is so absurd that I’m half-convinced that it’s a satire piece written by a [...]
September 3rd, 2007 at 7:29
Microsoft has always sucked…
OSX FTW!
September 3rd, 2007 at 7:44
That’s just too funny!
I mean really. This article can ONLY be a joke and nothing else
No where do you bring any real statistics, only personal opinions! But this one is the best “People are hating on Vista”. Is there anything more to it??!!
People have been hating ‘on’ Apple for a lot longer, you just have to listen in the right place, DUH!!
September 3rd, 2007 at 7:51
Web 2.0: Like 1975 all over again. Seriously though, this is the same thing said a decade or so ago about the Netscape and Java suits. And you know what? Some of us like our browsers to be separate apps, along with our office suites and utilities.
September 3rd, 2007 at 8:02
I really can’t Imagen microsoft going down. Lots of people are used to their products and will not change until there is an easy, cheaper and clearly much better alternative and most will not change even then (windows,office,..).
Because there is a enormous user base that will not switch rapidly to other products, microsoft has the time to adapt to changes in the industry and implement/copy new developments. They to will have to switch to webservices instead of installed software but this is something that goes perfectly with the company’s philosophy. There can be no copying if the software is run on microsoft servers instead of installed on the user’s computer.
On the other hand, the linux user base is rapidly growing, with distributions that look a lot like windows and are as easy to use. When all hardware manufacturers develop linux drivers for their products, there really is nothing holding linux back.
I agree that microsoft will be facing a lot of challenges in the future but because of the enormous amount of capital and the broadening of there services, the company will continue to exist, maby in a slimed down version, or even completely out of the operating system business.
September 3rd, 2007 at 8:52
[...] “coming to grips” (adopting/embracing) versus “fighting”. Guess which side Microsoft has chosen? Now, in 2007, the concept of software as a commodity is rapidly wearing off again. Today, it’s [...]
September 3rd, 2007 at 8:53
Dude, bit biased?
September 3rd, 2007 at 9:12
God, you are ignorant, aren’t you?
1. A dead-end? Eh? No. Paying for software is still big industry. A large number of people and companies still do it that way. Besides, were’s the proof? You have numbers, or just your opinion? Thought so.
2. Yes, “much-hyped web app” from clueless people who think you can put an OS in a web browser. Oh.. wait, people like you. Let me get something straight: YOU CAN’T HAVE AN OS IN A BROWSER. As for Internet Explorer, guess which is still the most popular browser?
3. Because competition is bad, right? IBM still sells system with Windows on it, and Microsoft still has lots of big friends. As for Apple: favoring open source? Hahaha. Oracle? Hahaha. Listen, they don’t “favor” open source. They are doing the same thing Microsoft is doing. Trying to “favor” open source while still maximizing profit. Besides, suggesting MS is running out of friends is dumb. Which desktop OS is still the most popular? Oh, right.
4. Microsoft Surface!? It’s not even out yet. Web Servers? lots of people still buys them. Oh, and Apache rules? Yeah, let’s look at the stats you presented. Apache is down to 50.92, and Microsoft is up to 34.28. Wow, Apache sure hs dived off the last couple years.
5. What version of Windows has ever come out that people were excited about it pre-SP1? Yeah, not since, what, 95/98? Besides, it’s not bad. Have you tried Vista? Outside of a few issues, it’s much better then XP. Sure, you need the hardware upgrade, but you aren’t forced to upgrade to Vista right now. And most reviews that gave it failing ratings had less than advisable or just met the minimal hardware requirements.
6. Puttering along at a level rate. It’s not even falling, and you are suggesting they are dead.
7. Yeah, and yet they still push the Windows machines. Offering up Linux is great, don’t get me wrong. But don’t for a minute think it’s something they do to make money from Linux. Rather, it’s the marketing. They get a good name, and they also ensure they have a secondary market. Now, if Linux users want to buy a prefabed computer, they look to Dell because they know that Dell supports Linux. Of course, doesn’t mean they buy a Linux. When Dell drops Windows, I’ll be impressed. Until then, it’s not a death blow. It’s just good marketing.
September 3rd, 2007 at 9:36
i like vista, and i’ve been a mac user since ‘84.
September 3rd, 2007 at 12:28
This is way off. MS may yet fail but it won’t be for the reasons you list here.
September 3rd, 2007 at 12:49
You sir are an idiot. 14 billion in PROFIT is not a dead end. Web 2.0 is all hype and browser based OSes are nothing but gimmicks. You fail to mention new friends Yahoo, Novell, Xensource, etc… ONLY a COUPLE of cash cows? Better than only one cash cow like say Google. Hating Vista? Is that why it is the number 2 OS in market share after 6 months behind XP? The stock price may be the same, but what about the dividends and huge buy backs that have been going on. I know people who made a crap load on those even though the stock is pretty flat. And finally Dell and HP might sell a few Linux boxes, but their cash cow is still Windows PCs.
September 3rd, 2007 at 16:06
[...] Rea Maor had predicted that MS will be doomed. [...]
September 3rd, 2007 at 16:13
Oh it’s a humour article then? So exactly how does a system running in a browser qualify as an OS? Can I bootstrap a machine from it? Does my system start using it? Does it control it’s multitasking? Does it manage processes? Does it control the allocation of memory? In fact does it do anything that an OS does? Hmm no.
But hey, if that’s what you consider an OS maybe that’s why Vista confuses you
(as for the web2.0 mularky, well try getting your own house in order and not requiring javascript to comment here, then we’ll talk ok?)
September 3rd, 2007 at 17:04
Out of curiosity, were you the person speaking at Notacon 3 a couple years back? That’s the same list of reasons that speaker gave for microsoft’s impending doom, and aside from being made a fool of during Q&A, he was forced to admit that all but two were misinformation, overstated, or actually a good thing.
And as for one of the other two? Web 2.0 is nothing. It was buzz words, that was it. The way to fail at it is to take it seriously.
September 3rd, 2007 at 18:19
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September 3rd, 2007 at 18:39
I could dispute every point made here. However, this hack job is clearly designed to stir up a flame war. There is no way that Rea really believes what she wrote here. My guess is she did it to pull attention to her web site.
September 3rd, 2007 at 18:54
sir you failed!
#2. They flunk at Web 2.0.
from wikipedo:
“Although the term Ajax was coined in 2005, most of the technologies that enable Ajax started a decade earlier with Microsoft’s initiatives in developing Remote Scripting. Referring to the idea as Inner-Browsing, Netscape Evangelism published an article in 2003 which presented ideas for implementing models in which “all navigation occurs within a single page, as in a typical application interface.”[2] Techniques for the asynchronous loading of content on an existing Web page without requiring a full reload date back as far as the IFRAME element type (introduced in Internet Explorer 3 in 1996) and the LAYER element type (introduced in Netscape 4 in 1997, abandoned during early development of Mozilla). Both element types had a src attribute that could take any external URL, and by loading a page containing JavaScript that manipulated the parent page, Ajax-like effects could be attained. This set of client-side technologies was usually grouped together under the generic term of DHTML. Macromedia’s Flash could also, from version 4, load XML and CSV files from a remote server without requiring a browser to be refreshed.
Microsoft’s Remote Scripting (MSRS), introduced in 1998, acted as a more elegant replacement for these techniques, with data being pulled in by a Java applet with which the client side could communicate using JavaScript. This technique worked on both Internet Explorer version 4 and Netscape Navigator version 4 onwards. Microsoft then created the XMLHttpRequest object in Internet Explorer version 5 and first took advantage of these techniques using XMLHttpRequest in Outlook Web Access supplied with the Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 release.”
hint: read about the topic before you posting something like “i-am-the-coolest-guy-of-web2.0-cause-i-write-down-that-m$-is-dead”
September 3rd, 2007 at 19:22
I am begining to see a Psychologica tedencies in these people hating MS, that all these MS bashing is now bearing on a serious case of Inferiority Complex, nothing to do with reality. It is a kind of Owellian paradox; people will clap for your success to a certain point, then they start hating your for that very success. A lot of these MS haters are the very people that found thier carrier success based on MS OSes (legal; mostly illegal), now turned geeks, they are biting the figers that fed them.
It is a simple case of numbers, expressed in Dollars. Right now MS has the most returns, capitalism is expressed in amount of money you have in your bank account at the end of your business year, just like football, the winner is the one that makes the most goals, not the one that plays most beautifully. Whinning to the DoJ for MS crackup is not capitalism, but totalitarian. Capitalism is based on competition not having your way through legal blackmails.
MS bashing is now popular because these people hate the success of MS not only because they MS makes bad products. Most arguments are not based anymore on facts, but just people’s feelings. This is really bad, and the onset of blogging just makes things worse, because every idiot that has an opinions things he is giving a scientific fact; and there are evenly empty-headed idiots that belief anything they read without checking out the facts.
Believe me, 90% of all MS criticism is based of FUDs(fear-uncertainty and doubts); nothing to do with reality. Go see SANs security report, and confirms which OS is the most secure at the moment. The smuggy Apple campaign nothwithstanding, more bugs are being found in other OSes that that of MS. Only MS has open patch policy, the others do it secretly with less fanfare.
So what is wrong with Vista, I love this Vista that XP, and I am not talking of the UI at all. If your Vista install is buggy, then you may not be the geek you pretend to be afteral, because if you run compatibility check you would have known if your hardware and software are fit for Vista or not. I have been using Vista since Beta3, sir, I love this OS. What do you mean slow? I am writing this from my 5 year old P4 laptop installed with Vista with just 512K of memory. Why don’t I see all the complaints these idiots are talkings about? Why, somome mentioned blue-screen-of-death? Where? I haven’t seen one since Beta3. Vista is the first OS you can appear with online without antivirus and firewall and still can surf with confidence. Everyone complains of holes in MS software, now MS closes the holes with Vista, now they are complaining it is locked so tight it no fun using it. Hello, you can’t eat your cake and still have it. There is price to pay for every change requested.
I clap for the increased popularity of other OSes, (Apple and Linux), nothing bad in it, a little competition makes the world a beter place; good for the consumers, the former 95% hold of the desktop share is not healthy, more grease to your elbows Apple and Linux. The only thing we wish is that you tell your empty-headed users that you are also full of holes, just like MS software are. Stop deceiving them and giving them false sense of security. Any software written by man can (and will always) be hacked by man. That is a simple fact.
The Owellian paradox is now affecting Google as well, becuase it has grown too fat having its tentacles in all facets of our lives, now so some people are getting nervous of Google too. And what do you thing of the dictatorship of Apple (hello Mr J!)? Apple is the hardware, Apple is the Software, no third-party devices, no third-party software. If Apple is in the place of MS now, we will all be worshipping Mr J like most fanboys now does, and there will be little wealth spread arround because of Apple’s monopoly. Will there ever be a Dell Laptop for OSX, or an HP Homeserver for Apple’s media.
So you want an internet OS, so you want software as a service, your data is no more local, but flying somewhere arround online? Good, go sell that that to any serious thinking business, go hear what they will tell you. You think you will always have access to your online OS and your online Office Application and your Online Data, fine. Go talk to them in New Orleans when nature goes bad, or in the middle of the jungle where 100% online connection is a dream. Wake up to reality, your business is doomed when that report is not available becuase your road-warrior does not have internet connection at hand to send that file that is desperately needed.
Believe it, MS is changing its policy, she listens and she is here to stay! Dead? – Gimme a break!
Oh btw, I don’t work for MS, I work for a reputable logistics company, and yes, I am a Microsoft Tech Spec, a deep core ‘Softie!
September 3rd, 2007 at 19:38
If you’re going to bother talking out of your ass about stocks, at least know what the hell dividends are. And realize that capital gains are not the only way a stock can provide value. Yeesh.
September 3rd, 2007 at 20:08
Haha. I like his 2005 Sources. This is one angry person who actually doesn’t look at what MS has, and is doing in the background. Windows isn’t all that MS has. Nor is MS Office. Citing a source from 2005 to try and make points doesn’t work very well.
This must just be a joke article to get comments so I’m going to just stop.
September 3rd, 2007 at 20:37
“microsoft never innovated anything”
“#2. They flunk at Web 2.0″
Microsoft invented web 2.0, they wrote the first web 2.0 before “web 2.0″ was even a phrase.
All these wonderful web 2.0 companies that stand to put Microsoft out of business.. Unless a recession caused by a sub-prime implosion (which vc’s are heavily invested in) comes along and wipes web 2.0 off the face of the map. Who will be left standing then? The same ol same ol, Microsoft, Apple, Google, eBay, Amazon, IBM, et all.
I recognize your post was meant in jest, but really, at a time when vc’s are being hit by bad sub-prime investments and the economy is getting shaky, tripe like this is a watse of bandwidth. Lets talk about the future of the net, and the digital economy, and consider the idea that these hated “old school” companies may well be the life preserver that keeps keeps web 2.0 afloat over the long term.
September 3rd, 2007 at 21:56
[...] 7 Reasons Why Microsoft is DOOMED! — Not this year, not next year… but soon – almost certainly by the next decade. — #1. Their business model is a dead-end. – Back when Microsoft first started business in 1980, software as a commodity was still a fuzzy concept. [...]
September 3rd, 2007 at 22:07
[...] next one starts off over at Ask Rea Moar, where he makes the provocative claim that Microsoft is doomed. Lets take a look at some of his [...]
September 3rd, 2007 at 22:47
Actually Microsoft and a few other companies tried the software as a service model in the mid to late 1990’s but it failed.
Oracle’s main product is a database which is needed when you visit a site where you can shop and such.
Sun’s main claim to fame are their servers and OS that runs the servers which of course are needed to keep the internet running.
The problem with Vista is that lots of software that people bought to run on XP will not work with Vista. So upgrading to Vista could require a person to buy other software as well. The total cost for that is somewhat prohibitive to the vast majority of XP users.
If Microsoft’s stock price does not keep rising or bring decent returns to its stock holders. Then the stock holders will complain and force either Microsoft to do something drastic or just dump the stock and go elsewhere.
PC makers are offering alternatives because they are cheaper than Microsoft and Linux is becoming easier to setup and operate every year.
September 3rd, 2007 at 22:49
[...] Most likely, I am the last person you might expect to stand up and defend Microsoft. Yet, here I am typing a blog post as to why Microsoft is not doomed as Rea Maor suggested in the post 7 Reasons why Microsoft is DOOMED! [...]
September 3rd, 2007 at 22:50
[...] if these are the only seven reason Rea Manor can come with then I think Microsoft is pretty save from the the grave diggers; but [...]
September 3rd, 2007 at 23:08
First, let me say I’m agnostic to software vendors ( i hate microsoft, apple, google, and you
)
Couple questions:
* How has the M$ bottom line changed in the last 5 years?
* How many search results for “windows xp” vs “windows vista” ? Doesn’t matter how much people say it sucks, you still have to buy it to find out.
Is M$ the real threat to itself? Seems more likely that the popularity and cash infusion to Google and Apple along with a handful of open source companies learning how to be real businesses will be the cause of a weaker M$ (not a dead M$).
September 3rd, 2007 at 23:28
What a nut job you are… oh, and what an ATTENTION WHORE!!! you are. It’s pathetic.
September 3rd, 2007 at 23:44
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ive been telling ppl this for a wile.
microsoft has never innovated anything. ever.
they buy, they strong arm, they keep things inefficeint to help the hardware market.
i give them 5 years.”
5 years? Wow, you are freaking stupid.
September 4th, 2007 at 0:50
Microsoft still owns the enterprise. With Sharepoint they will continue to lock up the enterprise. Once a company has Sharepoint, they must have Office. And once again Microsoft prevails. Your post is too focused on the consumer market. It’s the enterprise that will keep Microsoft alive and well. I work in one and can see it.
September 4th, 2007 at 1:52
You are a freaking idiot. “apache rules the roost” my as. Read the netcraft survey you linked to you moron:
The open source Apache has been the leading web server software since the March 1996 Netcraft Web Server Survey. In November 2005, Apache was found on 71 percent of web sites, putting it more than 50 percentage points ahead of Microsoft IIS (20.2 percent). At the time, Apache’s market share advantage seemed insurmountable. But less than two years later, Microsoft has narrowed that 50 percent gap to 16.7 percent. The margin is even tighter in active sites, where Apache leads Microsoft by just 12.2 percent
September 4th, 2007 at 1:53
read your own link, you moron.
The open source Apache has been the leading web server software since the March 1996 Netcraft Web Server Survey. In November 2005, Apache was found on 71 percent of web sites, putting it more than 50 percentage points ahead of Microsoft IIS (20.2 percent). At the time, Apache’s market share advantage seemed insurmountable. But less than two years later, Microsoft has narrowed that 50 percent gap to 16.7 percent. The margin is even tighter in active sites, where Apache leads Microsoft by just 12.2 percent
September 4th, 2007 at 1:53
The open source Apache has been the leading web server software since the March 1996 Netcraft Web Server Survey. In November 2005, Apache was found on 71 percent of web sites, putting it more than 50 percentage points ahead of Microsoft IIS (20.2 percent). At the time, Apache’s market share advantage seemed insurmountable. But less than two years later, Microsoft has narrowed that 50 percent gap to 16.7 percent. The margin is even tighter in active sites, where Apache leads Microsoft by just 12.2 percent
idiot.
September 4th, 2007 at 2:01
[...] Yesterday I wrote a post called Rea Maor doesn’t get it – 7 Reasons Why Microsoft is not Doomed. It was simply a debunking piece for Rea Maor’s absurd article on 7 Reasons Why Microsoft is DOOMED! [...]
September 4th, 2007 at 2:54
[...] I read Israeli blogger Rea Maor’s ”7 Reasons Why Microsoft is DOOMED!” I wondered what planet he’s been living on in recent years. I was tempted to refute [...]
September 4th, 2007 at 3:17
Well one thing not mentioned in the original article… is MS Office 07 is horrible. Its not even compatible with Office ‘03. If MS were a little smarter they’d have a least made the previous version natively compatible with the new XML format.
Vista is slow .. maybe buggy… maybe has 5 different versions, but it mostly works most of the time, which is mostly what MS customer want. We were getting a trickle of docx, pptx, etc… coming in… but it seems the trickle is getting faster and users are getting upset.
Maybe MS gives free downgrades?
and the MS Media center is a joke.
Yeah, I dont see them dying anytime soon, but they may fall hard in the next 5 years. People are starting to realize they dont NEED MS.
September 4th, 2007 at 3:47
Same here! And I’ve been telling people this since 1995!!! Why are they still here??
September 4th, 2007 at 3:49
Yes, Bill has more important things to do, like how to save the world from poverty.
And:
Linux is not necessarily the kaput-Microsoft solution and/or outcome.
September 4th, 2007 at 4:28
[...] Jump to Comments I hate responding to crappy, sensationalist blog pieces like ‘7 Reasons why Microsoft is DOOMED‘ but seeing as though I’m hoping to finally write up my thoughts from my recent [...]
September 4th, 2007 at 4:34
> “You can even get a full operating system to run in your browser!”
Please, stop this disinformation. Those softwares (like eyeos.org) AREN’T operating systems, and adding ‘full’ before it doesn’t make the situation better.
They just copy in some ways the GUI of an OS, but they forget to be a web application, so that GUI is plain wrong. So, they aren’t Web-OS, and they aren’t good at anything.
A GUI doesn’t make an OS.
September 4th, 2007 at 7:00
Judging by the title, ambitious thesis and the number of comments, this is a great example of post bait.
September 4th, 2007 at 8:28
[...] I just stumbled across a very interesting post by Rea Maor where he shows 7 reasons why Microsoft is heading for its doom: [...]
September 4th, 2007 at 8:59
It is interesting to me what happens wih Microsoft from a pure business prospective. This is no different than all the other companies that once dominated an industry, only to be dethroned – IBM, K-Mart, GM/Ford/Chrysler…. We saw Microsoft, WalMart and Toyota, Honda & Nissan dethrone them. Microsoft and WalMart are both questionable if they can continue on the growth paths they one had. New companies come along all the time and rise. Apple was once the king of the PC and got crushed, yet they reinvented themselves – can Microsoft?
Microsoft is certainly getting a wake-up call. How will they respond? Can they produce top quality products on time? It is not too late, but time is certainly running out for them to reinvent themselves.
Personally, I root for all the US based companies – in all industries. I grow more and more concerned that our future generations have good paying jobs available to them. However, management incentives in US-based concerns tend to be more concerned with their individual wealth acumulation and not what is in the best interest of the company. (Sorry for the diversion).
Microsoft is capable of hiring the brightest and best – do they have the management to lead anymore? I do not know that answer ( but I really like Vista – have it on both desktop and Notebook! No problems at all for me.)
September 4th, 2007 at 9:27
[...] more from the MSFT is doome school of thought [...]
September 4th, 2007 at 11:20
[...] genuinely believe this or if it’s all just link-bait blogging. The latest is this list of 7 Reasons Why Microsoft is DOOMED! I’m going to go with linkbait given that the capitalization and the exclamation point are the [...]
September 4th, 2007 at 11:41
Sounds like another linux fanboy trying to get dugg.
1. Microsoft has a cutting edge horizontal business model ~ unlike the companies you claim it to be competing with.
2. Microsoft invented AJAX (before it was AJAX) and had the first Web 2.0 applications (Web Outlook).
3. They’ve plenty of friends. You can’t just point out their *enemies* and make an outrageous claim.
4. At least they have cash cows. Oh, and if you were unaware (or didn’t do your research, which is obvious) Microsoft’s IIS and server platform has a GROWING market share where Apache as a DECREASING market share. I’m no mathematician but how is that domination?
5. People also love Vista, like myself.
6. What tech company that has been around since 2000 has not seen a decrease in value?
7. Manufacturers aren’t *turning their back* they are simply providing alternative options to their customers. I would love to see some comparative analysis out of Dell showing the discrepancies of PC’s purchased with Vista vs Ubuntu.
You linux fanboys are worse than Apple’s
September 4th, 2007 at 15:36
I just don’t see this end of MS stuff especially since all they need to do is add an ad-blocker to IE and there goes Google’s stock price.
September 4th, 2007 at 22:54
First of all, do you know that the business models of all companies CHANGE over time? Microsoft’s business model is not the same as it was in the 80’s
Second of all, Surface is currently being marketed to restaurants and hotels and similar customers, not to consumers. That will come later.
What you missed most of all was that even Apple uses Microsoft as a major marketing point, in the positive way too, even though Apple slams Microsoft in their ads. One of Apple’s main marketing points for their new macs is that you can run Windows on them. Furthermore, on Apples home page for the Macs is a box that advertises Microsoft Office for Macs.
- Celestis
p.s., please don’t say that Apple favors Open Source. The irony hurts my head. Apple is the direct opposite with their exclusiveness and purism. The reason why there are many more applications that are developed for Windows is due to the fact that Apple does not do a good job in providing code for outside developers. Hell, Apple doesn’t even let you install Mac OS X on a PC…
September 4th, 2007 at 23:22
I don’t know why I bothered reading this bs after the first line was incorrect. Microsoft started in 1975, and their first BASIC was on punched tape. Without Microsoft, Tandy and IBM, there never would have been a PC revolution. Which of these 3 companies has survived the best? Tandy is now pushing cell phones, IBM is still Big Blue for Big Business; but MS software controls the microprocessors of the world.
Vista, as always, is bloatware. True. But not because of bad code. Any MS developer would write circles around me. There stuff is always bloated because of the kitchen sink. I just wish for once they would fix the bugs in the last release, before moving on. One thing MS has always been good at is changing directions quickly. They have recently started what they call “MQ”, milestone quailty tests. All code must be up to snuff before anything new can be added. Hopefully this will help.
September 4th, 2007 at 23:24
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September 5th, 2007 at 2:34
Damn you’re right… i’ll hand in my resignation tommorow as this post hits every nail on the head.. i expect the 70,000+ fellow employees who continue to grow the company double digits every year will likely follow…
The sleeping giant (re:5yrs of head down bum up working) has only just awoken and you’re stating it’s got no energy in the tank? It’s a bit premature to call the final score when we haven’t even walked onto the court?
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Scott Barnes
Developer Evangelist
Microsoft.
September 5th, 2007 at 11:35
You are a funny guy… I wonder if you realize this?
September 5th, 2007 at 17:16
Suave… IBM may have ‘invited the computer’, however I think it is Apple who invented the personal computer (PC) with its Apple // (and of course its predecessor, which I wouldnt call a PC, the Apple I)…
IBM got into the PC biz a bit late, but they were Big Blue – after all and business loved them… for a time. Now they have no PC biz, but are still Big, Blue and very business oriented.
Anyway, MS definately has its own corporat culture, management and structure to blame. Apple may not be 100% open source, but they do use it a lot these days… even if its not pure Open Source, Apple has changed and adapted and continues to … can MS do the same?
I would say the latest release of Vista and MS Office ‘07 says they can not. Time will tell…
September 6th, 2007 at 12:26
Your prophecy will most likely come true given time and pressure (just like the world will end in fire. Yes the sun will expand and cook the earth, eventually) but your assertions are limited, hollow and obviously one-sided.
1) MS business model is constantly changing. Yes, they have had thier mis-steps but who has not? You think Linux has been perfect? Bah! To read your article you imply open source is making all the right moves. That is laughable. When open source can really make money (not just a few exceptions here and there) then you might have something to talk about.
2) Flunk Web 2.0? Well if you can get a consensus on what Web 2.0 really means then you might could create a test they could flunk. Tim Berners-Lee, has questioned whether one can use the term in a meaningful way, since many of the technology components of “Web 2.0″ have existed since the early days of the Web. However, until then MS’s software as a services strategy and latest development tools may surprise you. Do your research. They have quite a good offering and whose to say Web 2.0 is the right direction after all. That is the greatest asset/liability of this industry, constant change. So time will tell. Not you.
3) Who has friends in this industry? Do you think Ubuntu is friends with Novell? Isn’t Ubuntu competing against every other LINUX distro? For example, Sun will have its own brand geared to work with their hardware. Until the Linux market consolidates they will all serve to compete against each other, confuse the developer and consumer industries and drive us toward non-standard platforms that will not integrate worth a salt. Ever seen how many different ways the Linux distros have for install packages? It is quite a bit of chaos.
4) They only have a couple of cash cows? Ha, show me a Linux implementation that has a single cash cow like Windows or Office. Funny how no Linux distors have as much cash on hand as MS.
5) Agreed. People are hating on Vista. But what do you think is going to happen. Do you really think Dell will stop offering it to consumers and business alike? With a new PC Vista works better than XP in most regards. When SP 1 comes out you will see most of the issues resolved and the adoption will increase as the confidence level increases. Do you really think a consumer Linux disto would not suffer the same fates if it had the install base MS had? You are naive if you think so.
6) Their stock isn’t rising any more. Whose in the tech industry is? Except those folks who were in the basement in the first place. Do you think Sun or Oracle have made any significant head way or innovation? Think again. Oracle is still trying to hang on to a tired Oracle DB implementation and its tooling is miserable. Sun? They still haven’t recovered from putting the dot in dot com.
7) PC makers are starting to turn their backs on Microsoft. This is somewhat true but only as a natural course for these guys. They are always searching for new sources of revenue and offering another OS product line could be a way of doing that. But don’t think for a minute they will stop offering MS OS. Not in the next 10-15 years anyway, if they want to stay in business.
September 21st, 2007 at 13:40
[...] while back, I posted “7 reasons why Microsoft is doomed“. It got lots of attention. Another blogger even devoted a whole post to refuting it. It also [...]
September 25th, 2007 at 17:35
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January 3rd, 2009 at 1:22
Daniel said:
“does oracle is doomed? as its selling installable software and not making web app!! does sun? i mean, wtf.”
Daniel, please stop posting on the internet until you learn to write, you semi-literate embicile.
Yes, Microsoft is doomed. They’re a company staffed by many clever people that now manages to produce nothing of value to anyone. It must be something to do with their structure; as usual, it’s senior management’s fault. While the usual suspects are still running the company, they’ll go nowhere. They’re living from past creations, and in this industry, you can’t do that forever, no matter how dominant you are.
February 26th, 2009 at 4:27
Count me among those that think that Microsoft is not doomed – although its days holding 95% of the desktop and browser markets are coming to an end. It was unnatural and now natural forces are Coming about to correct the environment. To create a 95% monopoly is a very impressive feat, but it’s uphill – now they’re rolling down
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Daniel, comment #4.
1) “software as a service” has nothing to do with LTS or customer service.
2) As others have pointed out, Oracle and Sun are not limited to making desktop applications. Microsoft is – ergo, Microsoft is the one hurt by Web 2.0.
3) – 7) I didn’t waste time trying to understand these. A “.” between sentences goes a long way.
Mike, comment number 6: “Microsoft is the base that everyone else sets their standards against”…. What!? Not in the IT world…. Every improvement I saw in Windows Vista, I saw under Linux first. Consider Internet Explorer, have all the other browser vendors implemented VBScript and ActiveX? Do all the other browsers show off a broken understanding of the W3C DOM? Do all the other browsers misinterpret every single page of valid CSS and javascript you throw at them? I think not. Microsoft may be ahead in SOME areas, but to think that they set standards for Window Managers or Web Browsers would be very silly.
Jason, comment #28:
1) “paying for software”… What are you smoking? Who said you can’t pay for free software? That’s just stupid. It’s free as in freedom, bitch! I didn’t read the rest of your points because your first one was such a disgusting display of ignorance.
Have you never heard of MySQL AB, Sun Microsystems, Red Hat, Canonical…??
t-intern, #13:
“Most of my friends are using Live Spaces.” So what? In a survey of thousands of Pidgin IM users, the most popular out of a list of about twenty protocols was ICQ. ICQ? Really? Yeah really. That blew me away – I only know one other person with an ICQ account and she doesn’t use it. These sorts of things are influenced strongly by your school, workplace, geographic region and a huge number of other factors. Concluding that we all use WL Spaces just because everyone around you does would be like moving to Japan and then realising that everybody in the world was Asian.
Those are just my responses to the Microsoft-basher-bashers. It’s hard to feel good about Microsoft after a day of reading Slashdot. They are suing a GPS company for reading FAT-formatted memory cards today, because supposedly FAT is patented. That’s not cool.
However:
- Some specific parts of Microsoft Technology are totally excellent. For example that SkyDrive thing is awesome (although I don’t use it as I’m a webmaster)
- most of my friends use Windows. That’s excellent, I have no problem with that at all. I’m glad they have computers. Windows is reasonably user friendly (it’s not as intimidating as DOS, although not as efficient for a typist) and I am too grown up now to try to talk unconvinced family members into switching to superior operating systems. If you’re on Windows, you should stay there as long as you can because learning to use a new operating system is HARD and the one you switch to will seem unpleasant and poorly designed no matter how awesome it is.
- I like notepad and windows calculator
On the other hand:
- Microsoft’s strong point on the desktop is often said to be its API. Well, frankly I’m a PHP and C++ programmer and I’m not interested in the Windows API at all. I’m quite happy with things like SDL and QT. I wish that Windows had a proper packaging system and repositories, this would make my installers very small (200KB instead of 4MB, for a fact). So, for programmers, Windows is not very nice.
- Internet Explorer fails at internet. The interface is almost flawless, but the actual browser totally sucks and is an abomination.
- Windows has security and stability issues, everybody knows that and it’s no big deal as thousands of businesses all around the world use it every day with no major hiccups. Unfortunately some of these issues are there BY DESIGN (Windows update?) and that’s just stupid
- Support for a particular version of a Linux distribution can last for ten years. That’s ten years of updates, patches, whatever you want to call them. That would be like Microsoft discontinuing Windows 95 in 2007.
- The latest version of Linux tends to be more advanced than its Windows counterpart now. So, with Linux overtaking, Microsoft is going to have no choice but to start cracking out the patent lawsuits to keep its operating system on top — yes, you can patent things without proving that they will ever actually work, and this is Microsoft’s strategy. Patents are extremely expensive too, so only Microsoft can really afford to purchase them. Software patents are nothing to do with inventing something and all to do with having lots of money.
Is Microsoft doomed? I sincerely hope not. There is no substitute for Windows right now and that’s a simple fact. Windows still has a lot to offer us, I’d like to see ten more versions. However, I’d like for those versions to have a less than 60% share of the Operating systems market and I think that ten or twenty years from now when Microsoft’s running out of legal clout, this is going to happen.
Microsoft and Windows are great, but they shouldn’t be everything and fortunately we’re starting to see various forces conspiring to create a sane equilibrium in the areas in which Microsoft dabbles.
April 19th, 2009 at 20:41
“Is Microsoft doomed? I sincerely hope not. There is no substitute for Windows right now and that’s a simple fact.”
SneakyWho_am_i, please change pusher.
April 27th, 2009 at 13:12
microsoft products aren’t all that bad. Unfortunately viruses are out on the net and almost all of them are infecting Windows computers.
that’s my main reason for switching to ubuntu in the first place. No more viruses, no more crashes, no more monthly reinstalls. Too bad my favourite games aren’t running nicely under Linux.