Re:Microsoft’s Downfall: Inside the Cannibalistic Culture Th...
by einhverfr on Wednesday July 04, 2012 @09:19AM
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But my larger point is that if my business only grows to be the size of Microsoft and ends up with a steady profit that size I won't care about the failures, only count the successes at that point.
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Re:Microsoft’s Downfall: Inside the Cannibalistic Culture Th...
by gnaffle on Wednesday July 04, 2012 @10:35AM
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Of course, but the question at that point becomes: How do you sustain those steady profits?
DEC was hugely successful in its day, but was a failure in the 90s because they couldn't manage the transition from minicomputers to PCs.
Re:Microsoft’s Downfall: Inside the Cannibalistic Culture Th...
by einhverfr on Wednesday July 04, 2012 @10:55AM
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By creating stuff that people find useful.
Also I am less convinced than others that Microsoft is flopping on everything. Azure is certainly a good start for example.
Re:Microsoft’s Downfall: Inside the Cannibalistic Culture Th...
by nl on Wednesday July 04, 2012 @11:40AM
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Azure is certainly a good start for example.
Seriously?
Azure is what - 4 years old? It's still yet to see significant adoption outside places that were already .NET/Windows shops.
Until that happens it's little more than another defensive play by Microsoft attempting to protect Windows revenue.
(Yes, I know it can run Linux VMs. Again - is anyone outside .NET shops using it?)
Re:Microsoft’s Downfall: Inside the Cannibalistic Culture Th...
by ladzoppelin on Wednesday July 04, 2012 @06:40PM
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Apple is using Azure for ICloud which is pretty huge.
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/is-apple-really-using-wi...
The Vanity Fair article is almost identical to the articles released before Windows 7 came out in 2009 predicting the same kind of stuff than never comes true. Windows 8 has the potential to be a huge so I am sure these cookie cutter "MS is doomed" articles are going to be more prevalent as we get closer to release.