Posted on 11/14/2012 9:22:49 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Long articfle.
Meh. I’m admittedly no big fan of Microsoft, but I’d take the label of “failure” if I had their balance sheet. Even if they are on a long decline, it’s going to be a LONG decline, and plenty of profit to be made in the meantime.
And that assumes that the trend is real and never changes.
Balmer, a.k.a. “Monkey Boy”, cannot hold a candle to Bill Gates and his entire tenure as head of M$ has been a story of decline.
My next computer will not be using Microsoft Office.
I’ll be using “OpenOffice”.
It has everything I need, the interface I like and icons/commands that make more sense than the current version.
Best part? It’s free.
Not adverse to spending money on things but Microsuck has mad the latest version of their Office Suite confusing to use as I look for the advanced commands in spreadsheets and formatting in Word.
F em...
I’m a simple caveman, their ways frighten and confuse me...
Microsoft has hundreds of millions of users world wide. And...they have hundreds of billions in CASH.
Sure, they have a problem on their hands with Apple and all the other handheld devices flooding the market. But that doesn’t mean they are going anywhere soon.
Worked very close to the exec offices (and I mean feet away) for 10 years. Every exec that came up the ranks and showed any ability to lead has been fired by Ballmer. In fact, we used to joke about it and take bets on how long these guys/gals would last.
I pretty much use Google Docs now.
All someone has to is come up with an OS that equivelent to XP SP5 64bit before 2014 and Microsoft will be done in the desktop & laptop market.
Since XP it’s been,
Vista: Sucks
7: Doesn’t suck as bad as Vista
8: WTF @#&@#&!@#(&*@#!(&@#)(@#&@#
and if this link is accurate then this whole article is just wishful thinking
http://www.mis-asia.com/resource/operating-systems/microsoft-office-to-arrive-on-ios-and-android-in-early-2013-—report/
I’d love to fail like MS has failed. The fact is MS has positioned themselves quite effectively as a necessary evil. Yeah almost nobody actually likes their apps or OS, but you’re gonna use them, you’re company will buy them and you work with them at work, and if you do work at home you’ll buy them too, and now if you want to work on a mobile you’ll but buy them there too. They’re kind of like a gas station, nobody likes going there either, but we drive.
I believe the Andriod/iOS version of “Office” is extremely limited — more for content viewing than content creation or editing.
xbox
That’s my reply to every “Microsoft is dead” article.
Microsoft was late to the game console market, and the product the first delivered was laughed at by many. Today the xbox is the #1 selling console, and they hold 25% of the video game industry—an industry that is LARGER than the movie & TV industry. All of Microsoft’s other product lines could end, and they would still be a major company based on the xbox/video-game sales alone.
They also believe the xbox PLATFORM is the future of the company. That’s why they bought Skype, to extend their xbox platform. They see the xbox as the center of a home entertainment/communications/management/internet system.
Microsoft asked “how can we integrate phones, touch-pads, and other devices with our xbox system (so they will work seamlessly together). Their answer was Windows-8.
Microsoft is late to the touchscreen OS, but isn’t that true of every company but Apple? Does that mean their doomed? Hardly, because they have one great advantage: Microsoft has always been a developer friendly company. Their development tools are easy to use and their product platforms are easy for developers to develop on.
Just got a new laptop with Windows 8. HATE IT!!! If Dell cannot downgrade the OS to Windows 7, I will be returing the laptop for one that does run 7 or for my money back.
My current laptop came with Windows 7 on it. The VERY FIRST time I booted it up it had a Fedora Install DVD in it.
I haven't gone back to Windows, or wished to, since before 2003.
And before people say I don't use it for much, I use it for work, connect to their Exchange server, use IM and exchange documents. No one can tell I don't use Windows, and I get much more work done.
The entire military still uses MS products. That’s gotta be a healthy chunk of change right there. My assumption is that other FedGov branches do, too.
Well,...thst could make a difference.
Not the entire military.
Excatly...no one is creating big dogs on phones.
Good article. I think the author nails it.
IMO, the end started about 10 years ago. It was then that it became difficult to find anyone at MS who knew what he was doing.
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