__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Thursday 31 August 2006 21:10 \__
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> unionpenny@xxxxxxxxx <unionpenny@xxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>
>> Mark Kent wrote:
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>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> > __/ [ cr00zng ] on Thursday 31 August 2006 18:46 \__
>>> >
>>> >> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >>> The world no longer wants Win(Dell/Tel). Intel, Dell and Microsoft
>>> >>> are all struggling financially and subsequently shrink/lose value.
>>> >>
>>> >> If you call a company with $44 billions/year total revenue and $12
>>> >> billion+/year net income struggling, then yeah; that would be
>>> >> Microsoft....
>>> >>
>>> >> http://finance.yahoo.com/q/is?s=MSFT&annual
>>> >
>>> > Seen that page 3 hours ago (it was modified, so it came up in the
>>> > feed). The observation to make is that, while the world is adopting
>>> > more and more computers/ing and there's inflation too, Microsoft's
>>> > profits seem to have remained the merely the same (even worse
>>> > previously, due to increases spendings). And the value of the stock
>>> > would have dropped below $20 had Microsoft not bought it to get the
>>> > figures artificially elevated. Microsoft will meet the destiny of SCO,
>>> > but it will take quite a few years for old technology to 'phase out'
>>> > completely.
>>> >
>>>
>>> When things turn, they often turn very quickly indeed. A company with
>>> no real physical assets, whose R&D is near worthless, whose main revenue
>>> is through licensing of software the equivalent of which can be sourced
>>> elsewhere at zero charge, would be seen by most people as being in very
>>> very big trouble.
>>
>> How fast did Control Data go down? Seems like only a short time from
>> the cancellation of their supercomputer program to their exit from the
>> industry.
>>
>
> Good example - it really sums up well the point I was driving at!
A funny fact to add is that any 'Windows PC' can be converted to GNU/Linux in
less than an hour. Due to financial and resources constraints, this is a
one-way street.
Best wishes,
Roy
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