__/ [ Martha Adams ] on Monday 23 April 2007 14:17 \__
> Gates seems to have departed from Microsoft at the very best
> time for him to do that: Microsoft only goes down from here. It
> seems to me to have relied only upon user ignorance and some
> ugly business practices for their "success" to date. With more
> people more knowledgeable, that is becoming less and less
> effective. So my impression is, Microsoft has maxed out.
>
> So where do they go from here? My guess is, they will become
> a patent litigation company. No plant, no production, just a few
> law offices actively looking for victims. With the cash they have
> in hand, that will be easy to do: they will have learned from SCO
> and if as I guess, American politics remain very restrictive,
> corrupt, and controlling for decades to come, Microsoft has a
> long future yet.
Be ready to be attacked by the COLA WinTrolls.
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