Re:LinkedIn shares drop 40%, erasing $10B of company's value
by DougN7 on Friday February 05, 2016 @11:21PM
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I think you might be right. I remember about 10 years ago having a discussion with a coworker. He was bemoaning the fact that Microsoft was so far entrenched that nobody would ever be able to challenge them. Back then Microsoft looked like Google does today. Nobody stays on top forever.
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Re:LinkedIn shares drop 40%, erasing $10B of company's value
by jsudhams on Saturday February 06, 2016 @05:16AM
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I agree with @monkeywork, i think Microsoft is now in better than what it was in 2003/4, At the time when i worked there we knew Linux was a challenge, MSSQL, AD, Exhcange all had still competition(sun one Ldap, domino mail/workflow) and was fighting hard in fact i would say Domino with it's workflow was in better position. With Azure, SQL Always on, .net and solid Windows server i expect Microsoft to be around for long atleast another 1o to 12 years in dominant position in enterprise segment.
Re:LinkedIn shares drop 40%, erasing $10B of company's value
by monkeywork on Saturday February 06, 2016 @01:25AM
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but Microsoft is still in top in terms of market share on desktop, and they have started to put a dent into the prosumer tablet market, and they compete well in the gaming market. I'd say they are still "on top"
Re:LinkedIn shares drop 40%, erasing $10B of company's value
by angelbob on Saturday February 06, 2016 @04:26AM
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Microsoft is long past "nobody would ever be able to challenge them." Maybe on desktop, provided you exclude the server market.
You didn't used to have to exclude the server market. They owned that too. Then Linux challenged them and won.
In fact, they used to own all PCs. Then Apple challenged them for laptops and won.
Microsoft isn't doing badly, but it's not an unchallengeable juggernaut any more.
And Google won't be forever either.