“Why do businesses cling to the idea that the Microsoft stack and Outlook/Exchange are essential cornerstones of modern business life? I predict that 2006 will be a time when it becomes increasingly obvious that businesses are going to move away from Microsoft, and not return. Aside from the missteps and design flaws of Microsoft software itself, here’s why,” Stowe Boyd writes for Corante.
– Web 2.0 — new online applications will provide capabilities that match Office and other Windows apps at a fraction of the price. Expect big announcements in areas like on-line presentation, online web conferencing, CRM, and other traditionally business-oriented sectors.
– Apple and the Battle for the Living Room — I am predicting that Apple’s Kaliedoscope project, which couples a souped-up Mac Mini with DVR software and iPod docking station, will destroy Microsoft’s hopes for living room/entertainment center dominance. This product will be a huge, iPod-sized hit, and all of a sudden millions of American hopes will have a Mac in the living room. Game over.
Boyd writes, “It will become obvious that Microsoft is a dinosaur, that a better Windows won’t be enough, whenever they get around to releasing it, and the company will be looking at a long tail business plan, supporting all those companies to slow to transition to the LAMP stack and Macs.”
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