__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Friday 28 July 2006 08:23 \__
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> Linonut <linonut@xxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out this bit o'
>> wisdom:
>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | A flurry of stories about Microsoft recently got me thinking
>>> | today about computer history. First was the story yesterday in the Wall
>>> | Street Journal about whether it's Time to Dump Your Desktop? Another
>>> | was the recent revelation that Microsoft is developing its own Zune
>>> | music player and is creating yet another music store to compete with
>>> | iTunes. Another was about how Google's new spreadsheet service could
>>> | ultimately dent Microsoft's Office business. And then there was this
>>> | compendium of articles about Bill Gates stepping down and another
>>> | marketing executive leaving. These stories seemed to be saying
>>> | something, but no one told the whole story. And then it hit me.
>>> |
>>> | Microsoft is about to lose the software business the same way that IBM
>>> | lost the PC business in the 1980s.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://software.seekingalpha.com/article/14310
>>
>> Once Microsoft gets Vista and Office (12?) out the door, they need to
>> start working on the new releases:
>>
>> Windows CC
>> Office CC
>>
>> where CC stands for "cash cow".
>
> Indeed. It's all about to collapse, I think. This has been coming for
> a long time, but it's really here, now. The world is going to breathe a
> sigh of relief, I think!
A friend of mine argues that Google is yet to become the
next Microsoft. I don't know how GNU/Linux fits into all of
this, but only yesterday Google announced a hosting service
for Open Source projects (like sf.net).
Best wishes,
Roy
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