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A comment on Microsoft’s Long, Slow Decline. Parent comment

Re:Microsoft’s Long, Slow Decline by allertonm on Friday July 31, 2009 @01:40PM (#734916)
MS had to substantially cut their licensing per unit in order to get onto netbooks, which is one reason they are now suffering despite this "success".
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Re:Microsoft’s Long, Slow Decline by eli on Friday July 31, 2009 @01:52PM (#734950)
That may be bad for their bottom line, but it has no bearing on market share.
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Re:Microsoft’s Long, Slow Decline by allertonm on Friday July 31, 2009 @02:23PM (#735035)
I disagree: if a company's bottom line is weak, its ability to compete is weakened and a reduction in market share is likely to follow if this continues.
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Re:Microsoft’s Long, Slow Decline by eli on Friday July 31, 2009 @02:30PM (#735049)
Well, I'm no economist, but lowering prices isn't always a bad thing. And I definitely think it was wise for MS to adapt their pricing to the netbook market. It is definitely not in Microsoft's long-term financial to give Linux a toehold on the retail desktop market.
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