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The Vista Myth: Why Windows 7 Won’t Turn Microsoft Around
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| After posting a spectacular 17% revenue drop, the company’s first ever year
| over year decline, Microsoft and its satellite pundits have assembled a
| seemingly plausible distraction/solution going forward: Windows 7 will boost
| sales of generic PCs back into orbit and erase the crater caused by Vista and
| the recession. They’re wrong, here’s why.
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| [...]
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| Microsoft is facing multiple competitors in the low end arena as well. One is
| the threat posed by free distributions of Linux and Android, which can
| potentially stand in place of Windows on low end hardware, resulting in major
| savings to manufacturers. So far, Microsoft has been able to scuttle adoption
| of Linux on netbooks by dumping Windows XP licenses on manufacturers for
| free. That’s obviously not a long term strategy, as Microsoft simply can’t
| run the Linux community out of business, nor can it keep giving away software
| for a growing segment of the PC business.
|
| [...]
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| Mr. Ballmer, welcome to 2009. It’s not developers, developers, developers
| that you need, it’s customers, customers, customers.
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http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2009/07/25/the-vista-myth-why-windows-7-wont-turn-microsoft-around/
Recent:
Today's Outrage: Who Cares About Microsoft?
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| Sorry folks, but Microsoft (MSFT Quote) ain't what it once was. The software
| giant is losing its edge, as we saw with yesterday's earnings report.
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http://www.thestreet.com/story/10552230/1/todays-outrage-who-cares-about-microsoft.html?cm_ven=GOOGLEN
Microsoft’s quarter is the pits
http://blogs.siliconvalley.com/gmsv/2009/07/microsofts-quarter-is-the-pits.html
If Microsoft falters, who will step up?
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| The Seattle area has relied heavily on Microsoft to employ a whole generation
| of its smartest citizens — and noncitizens — at good pay. If it ceases
| growing, who is ready to take its place?
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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorials/2009533642_edit25economy.html
US STOCKS-Wall St falls on Microsoft results
http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idCAN2446515420090724?rpc=44
Microsoft shares slip on disappointing results
http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSN2445033320090724
Microsoft shares drop after results disappoint
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/microsoft-shares-drop-after-results-disappoint-2009-07-23
Microsoft Shares Decline On Disappointing Results
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| Shares of Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) fell as much as 11% Friday, erasing much of
| the company's pre-earnings stock gains, after the software titan reported
| disappointing results for its fourth fiscal quarter because of a sharp
| slowdown in software sales.
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http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20090724-710067.html
Falling profits forced Microsoft's open source hand
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| The monopoly days are dead. But better days may yet come, if Microsoft can
| learn to monetize like its new competitors have.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=4551
Microsoft profits down by a third
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8166262.stm
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