Why Microsoft is dead...

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Why Microsoft is dead...

Posted By: J242 (131.107.0.75)
Date: Tuesday, 22 May 2007, at 12:00 p.m.

Great points and here are a few snippets:
"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."
Then...
"What killed them? Four things, I think, all of them occurring simultaneously in the mid 2000s.
The most obvious is Google. There can only be one big man in town, and they're clearly it. Google is the most dangerous company now by far, in both the good and bad senses of the word. Microsoft can at best limp along afterward."
And...
"Gmail also showed how much you could do with web-based software, if you took advantage of what later came to be called "Ajax." And that was the second cause of Microsoft's death: everyone can see the desktop is over."
Not to mention...
"The third cause of Microsoft's death was broadband Internet. Anyone who cares can have fast Internet access now. And the bigger the pipe to the server, the less you need the desktop."
And finally...
"The last nail in the coffin came, of all places, from Apple. Thanks to OS X, Apple has come back from the dead in a way that is extremely rare in technology. [2] Their victory is so complete that I'm now surprised when I come across a computer running Windows."
I think he's definitely a bit off on this last point in saying that you have to look hard to find windows users but I understand the point he's making. When department heads and senior VP's at MicroSoft are regularly seen using MacBook Pros for their dev machines, you know there's been a change.

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Message: : Great points and here are a few snippets: "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." : Then... : "What killed them? Four things, I think, all of them occurring : simultaneously in the mid 2000s. : The most obvious is Google. There can only be one big man in town, and : they're clearly it. Google is the most dangerous company now by far, in : both the good and bad senses of the word. Microsoft can at best limp along : afterward." : And... : "Gmail also showed how much you could do with web-based software, if you : took advantage of what later came to be called "Ajax." And that : was the second cause of Microsoft's death: everyone can see the desktop is : over." : Not to mention... : "The third cause of Microsoft's death was broadband Internet. Anyone who : cares can have fast Internet access now. And the bigger the pipe to the : server, the less you need the desktop." : And finally... : "The last nail in the coffin came, of all places, from Apple. Thanks to : OS X, Apple has come back from the dead in a way that is extremely rare in : technology. [2] Their victory is so complete that I'm now surprised when I : come across a computer running Windows." : I think he's definitely a bit off on this last point in saying that you have : to look hard to find windows users but I understand the point he's making. : When department heads and senior VP's at MicroSoft are regularly seen : using MacBook Pros for their dev machines, you know there's been a change.
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