Roy Culley wrote:
> begin risky.vbs
> <lrlgu3-vmo.ln1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> Mark Kent <mark.kent@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > begin oe_protect.scr
> > Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> >> The Broken Dynasty
> >>
> >> ,----[ Quote ]
> >>| Microsoft and Oracle are big companies. Oracle is currently worth
> >>| $95 billion, and Microsoft is worth $270 billion. In 2000, they
> >>| were even bigger. Oracle was valued close to $200 billion and
> >>| Microsoft at more than $500 billion.
> >> `----
> >>
> >> http://www.fool.com/news/commentary/2006/commentary06092306.htm?source=eptyholnk303100&logvisit=y&npu=y
> >> http://tinyurl.com/gw4jg
> >
> > This does illustrate the disastrous problem facing MS. In just 6
> > years, their value has fallen from an earthshattering $500billion,
> > to a still amazing $270billion, /but/ at this rate of collapse, MS
> > will be worthless by 2013.
>
> So long! :-)
>
> SW companies like MS and Oracle are very vulnerable. Their only asset,
> to speak of, is their SW. When the shit hits the pan they have nothing
> to fall back on. OSS will kill proprietory SW companies.
So why are OSS/Linux companies doing much worse? (See below)
> For MS's sake vista had better be one hell of an OS. Sadly, for them,
> it won't be. Same fundamental security design faults. MS are truly
> doomed. 2013! Not a chance. MS will crash far faster than that.
So what does this say for the future of OSS/Linux companies since they
are doing much worse?
Novell (NOVL)
2000 = $13.5 Billion
2006 = $2.1 Billion
84.4% Decline
Sun Micro (SUNW)
2000 = $223 Billion
2006 = $17.6 Billion
92.1% Decline
VA Linux (LNUX)
2000 = $13.1 Billion
2006 = $0.25 Billion
98.1% Decline
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