__/ [ asjbiotek@xxxxxxxxx ] on Sunday 08 April 2007 14:53 \__
> On Apr 7, 10:28 pm, flyer <f...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> In article <1175994859.595376.166...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>> asjbio...@xxxxxxxxx says...
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>> > On Apr 7, 7:48 pm, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> > > He is not the first to make an assertion. The tipping point goes quite
>> > > some time back (in the context of services in particular).
>>
>> > > November 25 [2006] - Microsoft Dies
>>
>> > > ,----[ Quote ]
>> > > | This is the day. The demise of Microsoft. The day of reckoning has
>> > > | come at last. Friday 23rd November 2006. Google had seen it's
>> > > | profits soar massively. Microsoft on the other hand have had an
>> > > | awful year. Low profits, internal scandals, a lowered reputation and
>> > > | a lowered customer satisfaction rate have left the company in
>> > > | tatters.
>> > > `----
>>
>> > Interesting...although I would hesitate to characterize Microsoft in
>> > any way as a company in "tatters"....it simply is starting to lose its
>> > overly-dominant hold on the IT industry.
>>
>> A sellout of MS stock, more possible than is now obvious, would be
>> dramatic. Confidence in MS could shatter overnight.
>>
>> The very new factor is matured Linux. Hard migration road for sure, but
>> once people decide, they can get incredibly industrious. I can imagine
>> the developers and adopters going full bore on this.
>>
>> I suppose it could be a gradient ride, but the dissolving fear of MS, as
>> you point out, combined with loss of confidence, could bring a huge and
>> fast surprise.
>>
>> The confidence factor is many times more important than anyone realizes.
>> Without it, stock value, or any value really, does not even exist.
>>
>> One, or some set of investors could begin a sellout that could peak
>> within hours if not days. Much stranger things have happend.
>>
>> It's almost spooky, and is starting to feel like the calm before the
>> storm.
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> Here's one Microsoft response...he obviously misses the point:
> http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/13582
June 2006:
The Microsoft malaise
,----[ Quote ]
| "Commentary: Eight signs that the software giant is dead in the water"
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http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=%7B629B28CD-9E0E-48CA-8E8B-243AA6E2CB92%7D&dist=lycos&siteid=lycos
There's a proverb that goes: when two people say you're drunk, go to bed. In
this case, at least 3 parties, on separate occasions and independently, said
the same thing. Rumours about the death of Microsoft are /not/ greatly
exaggerated (the famous quote again).
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~~ With kind regards
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