“The negative feelings about Microsoft and within Microsoft have many people thinking that this is the moment in time where the giant will finally crumble. Apple will own the media market, Google will become synonymous with the internet, Linux will power all servers and the Xbox 360 will be stillborn in anticipation of the more powerful PS3. Microsoft will be left collecting scraps, eking out a few billion here and there, still profitable, but no longer the ultra powerful corporate monolith it once was,” Chris Seibold writes for Apple Matters.
“Everybody may be scoffing at the ineptness that typifies Microsoft of late but they are making a mistake when they expect that trend to continue. Microsoft has far too large of a head start, too many resources and a market position that is so advantageous that it is just a matter of time before every little thing starts breaking Microsoft’s way again,” Seibold writes.
Much more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Microsoft has lost its focus. If it doesn’t figure out what it wants to be and do, and get a handle on its mess of an operating system (security, roadmap, quality), no amount of money is going to help. It’s not as impossible for Microsoft to fail as Seibold ultimately paints, but the article is a good read and thought-provoking.