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Originally Posted by gTen
But in general Microsoft is loosing on many fronts.
WM = going down the drain
IE = Due to EU thing they already lost like 2% and it is probably gonna go up
Office=had no competition before but now open office and for live they face google
Windows=They have improved but many still use xp because they dont need new windows and if chrome comes out for free may kill it in the low end market
MSSQL=is being destroyed by Mysql which has now got Oracle behind it
Search= Google is wiping the floor with them, they did team up with yahoo on this but this also means less revenue profit for them unless they pull it off.
Only thing they are doing well on is maybe xbox now that they got over their 50% fail rates...
But the loss of windows mobile for business will most likely impact M$ Exchange..and many are starting to use Gmail sync rather. Not to mention the SyncML protocol. If Exchange dies, their Server OS will be hurt...see its all a domino effect.
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All I can say is Wow. I agree that Microsoft is losing on the mobile front. It's been dying a slow death for several years.
But to say that Microsoft is losing on all those fronts is a bit of a stretch. Their bread-n-butter is the desktop and Windows 7 is doing quite well. Right now I can't see Chrome as a huge threat. Same thing was said about Linux and "the low end market" in years past. Linux is basically Free too... and yet walk into any Best Buy and see how many computers you can buy with Linux on them vs. Windows. Of course there will ALWAYS be competition and anything can happen but to say that Chrome might kill Microsoft Windows in the low end is really a stretch right now.
Now I'm not saying Microsoft can't improve in some areas. But all this doom, Microsoft is dying is a bit silly. In the Mobile arena, yes. But they are still one of the biggest forces in the tech area.