____/ Mark Kent on Friday 03 August 2007 14:22 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> ____/ Mark Kent on Friday 03 August 2007 11:22 : \____
>>
>>> [H]omer <spam@xxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>>>>> ____/ Jerry McBride on Thursday 02 August 2007 22:48 : \____
>>>>>
>>>>>> Rockinghorse Winner wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,291777,00.html
>>>>>> Hilarious reading...
>>>>>
>>>>> Tony Soprano is departing.
>>>>
>>>> Yeah, he's laundering his cut by going "legit", to avoid any more heat
>>>> from the Feds, and the impending gang wars that will bring his crime
>>>> empire down.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Apparently, though, the pressure on Microsoft is now so great that even
>>> Mr Dvorak has having to accept that it's there. Microsoft will have
>>> some difficult times ahead, but probably the worst period will be that
>>> which starts from B Gates leaving to the point at which S Ballmer and co
>>> are replaced with directors experienced with dealing with the kind of
>>> problems Microsoft currently have.
>>
>> One article (possibly the one from the NYT) said that the leadership
>> transitions will not be smooth. Add to this the fact that the company's
>> business model is in a state of transition as well. They argue that it might
>> take 5-10 years (!!!!) to bear fruit.
>>
>> I look forward to seeing Google's Linux phone and Red Hat's Global Desktop.
>>
>
> I think that even 10 years could be pushing it. Look how long it took
> IBM to recover from their problems in the late 1970s/early 1980s.
> Microsoft have very very deep pockets, but if they're not careful, the
> current management will waste all the cash before anyone comes along to
> do a proper reset crtl-alt-del on the business models and culture.
Half an hour ago I came across a very large travel agency where I have been
purchasing tickets since 2001. It was shut down. I bet it's because of the
Internet.
That's when I thought about Microsoft and Google. You ignore disruptive
trends... until it's too late to change. Apple is not a threat to Microsoft
because, unlike Google and the GPL/FS, they use the same models and evolve
together. Something then subverts their line of work.
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