____/ Mark Kent on Monday 31 December 2007 13:50 : \____
> thad05@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <thad05@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> amicus_curious <ACDC@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> Do you really believe that? It seems odd to me that anyone with a college
>>> education could be so blind to facts. Mr. Softee is funding developments
>>> at a higher rate than ever and has made a greater profit this year than
>>> ever
>>> before in their history. Now you can say this is a sign of impending
>>> failure, but I would then say that you are daft.
>>
>> The point we were addressing was that MS has burned recently burned
>> through half of its cash reserves. If that goes on much longer, they
>> will not be able to sustain the levels of development they currently
>> enjoy. I'm not saying that MS is going to die any time soon, they
>> will certainly weather economic storms better than most, but OSS
>> will weather it even better as it is not driven by the same economic
>> forces.
>>
>
> MS are in extremely deep trouble at the moment. Their reserves are
> evaporating fast, which will soon begin to negatively affect their share
> price. If they start to take on debt, in due course, their credit
> rating will fall, which will cause the cost of their debts to rise.
>
> Sooner or later, analysts will recognise that Microsoft have no
> successful pitch into any market, and have no assets. Once their lack
> of assets is recognised, their balance sheet collapses. It will not be
> allowed to happen too quickly, of course, as there is a lot of money
> invested in Microsoft which brokers and investors will not want to lose,
> however, once the run starts, it will be difficult to stop.
>
> In order to avoid this collapse, Microsoft need a viable business plan,
> unfortunately, they've proven to be unable to achieve anything other
> than a "monopoly attempt", and aside from one, amazing, example
> (desktop PC), they've failed to achieve this in any other market.
Their future business plan is pay-as-you-go computing, advertising, and online
services (ending the forced upgrade dilemma, which leads to customer
backlash). They are behind, and they still lose money in this area while
legacy products like Windows and Office still bring home some bacon -- for
now. The executives have big cash reserves as well, not just the company. They
fight ODF very hard because they want OOXML, XAML and Sharepoint on the Web,
in order for Microsoft to control communication (and pretty much everything).
Sellouts like Gordon "Bildenberg" Brown are helping them a lot at the moment.
--
~~ Best of wishes
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