Peaks, valleys and vistas
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| The launch of a new version of Microsoft Windows, called Vista, is
| not quite the event it used to be. Has the software giant reached
| the pinnacle of its power?
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| Some big companies do have the wealth and talent to remain
| competitive even as their industry lurches from one incarnation
| to the next--IBM has done it before, moving from hardware to
| services. Now its old partner probably has to do the same. The
| primacy of Windows and Office is waning, even if Microsoft's
| immediate power is not. "Icebergs melt", as one Silicon Valley
| veteran notes. "But they melt extremely slowly."
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