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Microsoft loses market share; computer users gain better choices
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| How much will the market shift? Only time will tell. I do know this: I’m
| seeing more signs of people changing. I’m seeing more Apple MacBooks around
| Gig Harbor. I’ve seen cars with Ubuntu Linux bumper stickers. I think I’ve
| seen at least one Asus EEE PC, running Xandros Linux.
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http://www.gateline.com/opinion/story/1857.html
Open-Xchange Community Edition Now Available for Top Linux Platforms
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| Open-Xchange Inc., the leading provider of open source groupware, today
| announced the availability of open source software packages of Open-Xchange
| Server for most popular Linux distributions.
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http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/07/prweb1109204.htm
It's worth watching the coming financial report on Windows and Office sales.
Microsoft will try to harp about revenue of companies that it has bought in
the past year and hide all the unflattering things that actually matter.
Recent:
Microsoft sees slide in profits
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7366106.stm
Is Microsoft Aura Fading?
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| Yesterday's early relief rally reversed, and Microsoft's value has now fallen
| by more than $30 billion since it unveiled its bid for Yahoo on February 1.
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121004447596669953.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Microsoft stock drops amid slumping sales
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| Microsoft Corp., whose Windows software dominates the personal-computer
| market, fell 6.2 percent Fridayin Nasdaq trading after sales slumped, casting
| doubt on whether PC demand can hold up in a slowing economy. The software
| maker reported a 24 percent drop in sales of Windows last quarter and
| forecast earnings that may miss analysts' estimates.
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| "The risk is that Linux gets a foothold and then affects their long-term
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| revenue significantly."
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http://www.sltrib.com/business/ci_9061263
Vista Blues Weakens Microsoft's Influence On Software Market
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| That was evident in how Microsoft's client division third-quarter sales,
| which includes the XP and Vista operating system, fell 24% compared with the
| year earlier period. Although the decline was expected because of a one-off
| revenue gain of around $1.6 billion in the year-earlier quarter, client
| revenues were lower than analysts expected.
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http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200805071423DOWJONESDJONLINE000951_FORTUNE5.htm
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