____/ RonB on Saturday 29 March 2008 06:09 : \____
> Ignoramus17370 wrote:
>
>> According to the CoreBrand Power 100 2007 study, which polled about
>> 12,000 U.S. business decision-makers, Microsoft dropped from number 12
>> in the ranking of the most powerful U.S. company brands in 2004 to
>> number 59 last year. In 1996, the company ranked number 1 in brand
>> power among 1,200 top companies in about 50 industries, said James
>> Gregory, CEO of CoreBrand.
>
> Microsoft can't afford not to worry about Linux.
They will face the fact that software gradually becomes a commodity. It's
already the case with 'Web databases' and CMSs, for instance.
Microsoft will have to drop the "soft" from the brand and try to evolve with
something like "Zune" (Oh lordy!).
--
~~ Best of wishes
Roy S. Schestowitz | GPL - Global Programmer's Law
http://Schestowitz.com | RHAT GNU/Linux | PGP-Key: 0x74572E8E
run-level 2 2008-03-19 11:51 last=
http://iuron.com - help build a non-profit search engine
|
|
