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Microsoft's Golden Age: Going, Going ... Gone?
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| With Microsoft approaching corporate middle age - the company was founded 33
| years ago - it faces more threats than ever to its long-held and fiercely
| defended IT alpha dog position. The Microsoft-controlled standardization of
| IT is being challenged by proponents of open document formats, while
| open-source software, Web 2.0 technologies and software-as-a-service (SaaS)
| offerings are nipping away at Microsoft's lucrative Windows and Office
| franchises.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/147450/microsofts_golden_age_going_going_gone.html
Recent:
Microsoft sees slide in profits
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7366106.stm
Feeling the heat at Microsoft
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| If I ask you who is Microsoft's biggest competitor now, who would it be?
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| Ballmer: Open...Linux. I don't want to say open source. Linux, certainly have
| to go with that.
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http://www.news.com/Feeling-the-heat-at-Microsoft/2008-1012_3-6232458.html?tag=ne.fd.mnbc
Microsoft: SEC filing
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| A prominent example of open source software is the Linux operating system |
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| To the extent open source software gains increasing market acceptance, sales
| of our products may decline, we may have to reduce the prices we charge for
| our products, and revenue and operating margins may consequently decline.
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http://www. microsoft.com/msft/SEC/default.mspx
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