White and Wild by wilshire|oneMicrosoft will lose to Google
“THE WORDS COMING out of Microsoft are quite bullish, but the numbers aren’t, at least according to Wall Street. The problem is those words won’t match reality mainly because MS does not grasp the situation it is in. The problem, credibility, the solution, Google.
Microsoft, if you recall, has few friends, only partners it has not decided to squish yet. Before you get all defensive and leap to its aid, name me one long term software partner it has. Long term allies are placed feet first into the blender so others can watch their expressions and ‘learn’. From Stac to Netscape to more modern examples like Symantec and McAfee, they all have a target symbol on their back.
This is not to say that these companies are naïve and have a ‘it won’t happen to me’ attitude, they know it is coming, and usually don’t have a choice in what they programme for. The AV market for Linux isn’t exactly the stuff that corporate jets are bought on. The devil you know…...”
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