>>>From grumbling aside - this is a sure sign they are milking a cash cow
>and not really innovating. So not a good long term investment.
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>That's the way of it: the closer a behemoth gets to monopoly, the less desirable innovation becomes. IMHO this has two effects: a) it requires a huge sea change to get things moving again and b) when that happens, the dinosaurs are far too slow to react and they are lost. Probably a good thing- the old know they should make way for the young but it's not always voluntary. ;-)

IBM took that hurdle rather well - I do hope that MS will find a stable niche, but seems doubtful.
More like Sun...