Microsoft faces major market shifts
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| I was hoping for more from my shares of Microsoft Corp. Has the company
| lost its spark?
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| [...]
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| The majority of Microsoft's revenue and profit still comes from its
| Windows operating system and Office productivity suite.
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| Yet it must now deal with the trend toward software as a service,
| in which software is delivered over the Internet and paid for
| with licenses, subscriptions or advertising. Other challenges
| are software piracy, regulatory scrutiny and competitors such
| as Firefox and Linux.
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http://www.baltimoresun.com/technology/bal-bz.ym.leckey10jun10,0,510649.story?track=rss
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To Microsoft: Hurry up, please, it's time
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| But the bulk of Microsoft's revenue still comes from Windows and Office.
| Now, with virtualization, and Linux and the Web as our virtual operating
| systems, the importance of Windows is fast diminishing and the premier
| desktop application suite, Office, will soon follow suit.
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/techwatch/archives/009051.html
Take Your PowerPoint And... [Shove It]
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| Free classified ads on Craigslist threaten newspapers. Open-source
| software is gaining on Microsoft and Oracle. Now the convention
| business faces its own Web-inspired competition: the
| "unconference."
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http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_20/b4034080.htm?campaign_id=yhoo
A big Microsoft step on uncertain terrain
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| As for Vista, it faces strong competition from Apple Inc.'s
| Macintosh computers and the free Linux operating system.
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| [...]
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| Microsoft's second-most-profitable product, Office, is also
| under stress. Cheaper alternatives abound, from the free
| OpenOffice software suite to new online office applications
| that run over the Internet. But the toughest challenge to
| Office may come from government agencies around the world,
| including the state government of Massachusetts.
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http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2007/01/29/a_big_microsoft_step_on_uncertain_terrain/
http://tinyurl.com/2lpb2j
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