Linonut <linonut@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> * Tim Smith fired off this tart reply:
>
>> In article <t7Sbj.7833$L27.2780@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>> Linonut <linonut@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> Perhaps Microsoft is on its way to becoming a ... normal business?
>>
>> Finally, a couple people here who actually knows something about the
>> stock market and business! Microsoft as a business is now like an IBM,
>> or a GE. (And if you compare stock growth among those three, you'll see
>> they match pretty closely, in fact).
>
> There's still some differences, however. For one thing, IBM got reined
> in.
>
There are vast differences - always beware of the Microsoft
shillcosystem here. Microsoft have no viable hardware-based business,
unlike IBM. Microsoft have no viable integration business, unlike IBM.
Microsoft are losing vast amounts of cash on their attempts to move into
consumer electronics (Xbox, zune), and have insisted on trying to take
Windows into "professional" environments like IPTV, where its been a
disaster.
Microsoft are in extremely deep trouble, have been losing vast sums of
cash for several years, and are showing no signs of recovery from this.
There is almost no comparison between Microsoft and IBM, for example.
IBM have growth, have taken key decisions (like pulling out of PC
manufacturing, for one), have a substantial integration business and a
similarly impressive hardware capability (cell processors and so on).
As soon as you see Timmy say something positive about business analysis,
you should be /very/ cautious indeed.
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