Bloodbath in the Valley as tech shares tank
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| Microsoft, which launched a $US40-billion-plus buyout bid for Yahoo on
| February 1, has so far shed 13 per cent of its share price as Wall Street
| investors worry about the drain on Microsoft's cash reserves and difficulties
| in integrating the two vastly different companies.
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| Along with Gates' paper loss of $US6 billion, Steve Ballmer's wealth plunged
| by almost $US3 billion.
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http://www.smh.com.au/news/biztech/bloodbath-in-the-valley-as-tech-shares-tank/2008/02/14/1202760458384.html
Microsoft won't be dominant on the desktop for as long as people imagined. SCO
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Why Microsoft Should Fret
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| But what if at stake in the battle isn't just Microsoft's position in selling
| ads, but the very survival of its core software business? Microsoft would
| never admit that so much is on the line.
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120277476716860601.html?mod=yahoo_hs&ru=yahoo
Microsoft's Last Big Beat: Internet Domination or Death
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| What can $44.6B USD mean? Well, for Microsoft (MSFT) it may mean the cost of
| survival.
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http://seekingalpha.com/article/63876-microsoft-s-last-big-beat-internet-domination-or-death?source=yahoo
Related:
Will Microsoft Survive the Next 10 Years?
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| I am not really an expert in this but when I read all the negative
| headlines and articles I ask myself if Microsoft really will survive
| the next 10 years.
|
| [...]
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| I am pretty sure that the Open Source Community, the new Ubuntu,
| Google and of course Apple are those companies that are ready for
| our century and they will get more and more people that know what
| they really want.
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http://websquirrel.blogspot.com/2007/03/will-microsoft-survive-next-10-years.html
P. Graham: Microsoft is Dead
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| A few days ago I suddenly realized Microsoft was dead. I was talking
| to a young startup founder about how Google was different from Yahoo.
| I said that Yahoo had been warped from the start by their fear of
| Microsoft. That was why they'd positioned themselves as a "media
| company" instead of a technology company. Then I looked at his face
| and realized he didn't understand. It was as if I'd told him how much
| girls liked Barry Manilow in the mid 80s. Barry who?
|
| Microsoft? He didn't say anything, but I could tell he didn't quite
| believe anyone would be frightened of them.
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http://www.paulgraham.com/microsoft.html
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