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Microsoft is Dead
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From
09/04/2007 09:28:35
Thomas Ganss
Main Trend
Frankfurt, Germany
 
 
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08/04/2007 23:24:12
Craig Berntson
Quicken Loans
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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Forum:
Windows
Category:
Computing in general
Title:
Re: Microsoft is Dead
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01213299
Message ID:
01213406
Views:
14
The article is a bit strong worded, but:
  • in tech savy users the percentage non-IE users is much higher than in the total population (guesstimate >50%!)
  • MS outlook used for email only if needed for job reasons (and yes, it is miles ahead of Lotus <g>)
  • today there is a linux box or at least boot option in all the shops I work for and at most of the developers I know
  • DRM is currently viewed as a danger/liability and not as something positive

    OTOH

  • "Dead" IBM has still a lot of punch/budget via websphere, java and eclipse in big-iron driving IT-centers.
  • MS Office is very alive and IMHO the currently most important "integrating factor" forcing others to use MS.
  • High definition TV / Video is coming - just a matter of time.

    and counting for both points of view:
  • Last but not least: growing is not easy when you own 90% of the market...

    >Really? Hmmm... I'm certainly not a grandma...definately a computer person and own neither a Mac nor a Linux system.
    >
    >>All the computer people use Macs or Linux now. Windows is for grandmas, like Macs used to be in the 90s.
    >>
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