“It’s taken five years for Microsoft Corp. to roll out a new version of its Windows operating system, so it’s understandable that Chief Executive Steve Ballmer is traveling to New York Thursday to celebrate its release by ringing the bell at the Nasdaq stock market,” John Shinal reports for MarketWatch.
Shinal reports, “But elsewhere in Manhattan, among the Wall Street analysts who cover Microsoft, the shipping of Vista to corporate customers is being greeted with a collective yawn.”
“While there is some debate among industry watchers and financial analysts about how fast corporations will switch to Vista, almost no one is predicting that its launch will have much of an impact on Microsoft’s finance, especially for the fiscal year ending in June,” Shinal reports. “Microsoft and the personal computer market that Windows dominates have changed dramatically in five years… While the most visible change is that the giant of Redmond, Wash., is no longer run by co-founder Bill Gates, no one on Wall Street doubts the abilities of Ballmer, who has been CEO since 2000.”
“Four out of every 10 dollars of Microsoft’s sales now come from products other than Windows and Office,” Shinal reports. “So it’s understandable that no one is expecting Vista to have anywhere near the impact of the release of Windows 95, the revolutionary product that gave users of Microsoft’s operating system the look and feel that previously had been the exclusive pleasure of users of Apple Computer Inc.’s Macintosh PCs.”
Full article here.
“Apple Computer has released fresh iterations of its OS X operating system on a regular basis, leaping ahead of Windows in security and usability by making regular, incremental improvements,” Brian Caulfield reports for Red Herring. “Meanwhile, Microsoft struggled to lash a fresh batch of innovation together with the massive amount of software and hardware the Windows operating system has to orchestrate. Windows was already so sprawling that Sun Chairman Scott McNealy once referred to Windows as a ‘welded shut hairball.’ ‘It’s being driven by the inability of debugging and development efforts to scale up,’ said Linux advocate Eric Raymond of Vista’s many delays. ‘In other words, Vista is too big to work.'”
“Microsoft’s position atop the PC world makes it a very different company from Apple,” Caulfield reports. “However. Apple’s tight integration of hardware and software means it can move more quickly, and secretively, than Microsoft.”
“Nevertheless, Microsoft will have to find a way to move quicker. Look for the company to introduce a new version of Windows within two years that incorporates small, incremental improvements,” Caulfield reports.
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: If no one on Wall Street doubts the abilities of Ballmer, then everyone on Wall Street is an idiot. It’s plain to see that Ballmer is presiding over the fall of Microsoft. May he stay as CEO forever! Obviously, nothing has changed on the Windows front. Windows remains a grotesque, upside-down and backwards, fake Mac produced by a tasteless, derivative, ethically-challenged company.
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MDN says “May he stay as CEO forever! Nothing has changed on the Windows front. Windows remains a grotesque, upside-down and backwards, fake Mac produced by a tasteless, derivative, ethically-challenged company.”
So, MDN, what is your point?? People have been buying crap for years and will continue to do so.
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Windows remains a grotesque, upside-down and backwards, fake Mac produced by a tasteless, derivative, ethically-challenged company.
Don’t hold back, tell us what your really think.
I wish They would not use donkey Boys picture ,I can not look at it. Its just grose.I always thought this photo was fabercated But this morning at 930 a.m. I saw This exact pose after he rang the bell at the Nasak What a DONKEY.
I just love the MDN take.
Can’t wait for the windows lemmings to start posting.
It’s difficult to believe that Wall Street types are so behind Ballmer. What has he done? The X-box that doesn’t bring in a profit, 5 years and umteen millions for Longhorn, Zune with no future, flat stock price. He must be good to do all that.
I wish windows were any good. Apple would be a better company if microshaft were better.
“…the look and feel that previously had been the exclusive pleasure of users of Apple Computer Inc.’s Macintosh PCs.”
Notice the author is really very intelligent. He realizes that using the Mac OS is a pleasure, and I don’t think anyone has ever said that about a Microsoft product…
I`m sorry to say that these “anal”yst are wrong. It will have an enormous effect on MS finances. The average spending on large account users wil grow with 50% due to the introduction of the Enterprise CAL from Microsoft. Microsofts has packaged the infrastucture around Vista in such a way that most Corporations will feel that they have to go for Vista Enterprise. The new CAL is another $150 per user and that comes in addition to the 5% pricehike on the Desktop platform. As a Mac user of 22 years it hurts to see that even though their technology stinks, they are shrewd businessmen. If they know anything it is how to drain corporations of more an MORE money
Whew! They got my good side!
Persistent tongue protrusion is a classic sign of severe mental retardation.
Three cheers for Vista’s <strike>guinea pigs</strike> first adopters.
MDN, you missed the important part! While it may true that 40% of Microsoft’s sales dollars “come from products other than Windows and Office,” sales dollars are revenue, not profits. XBox still doesn’t make a profit, and neither will Zune!
If Vista doesn’t do well, Microsoft could be in bigger trouble than most people realize. Your prediction of Balmer presiding over Microsoft’s downfall could be more accurate than you thought.
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He looks like more of an ELEPHANT to me.
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“I wish They would not use donkey Boys picture ,I can not look at it. Its just grose.I always thought this photo was fabercated But this morning at 930 a.m. I saw This exact pose after he rang the bell at the Nasak What a DONKEY.”
I wish they would not use donkey Boy’s picture. I can not look at it. It’s just gross. I always thought this photo was fabricated. But this morning at 9.30 I saw this exact pose after he rang the bell at the Nasdaq. What a DONKEY.
Spot the differences.
Sorry to break in here and change the subject-you know I never do that-but Mr. Fedex just dropped off a coupla iPods-pink for the sweety and 30gig for the eldest son-and I had to share it with someone. Santa gonna be the man this year!
OK, back to Windows Vista, which ironically you CAN see through, but it ain’t a pretty view…
Enjoy This!
According to Ballmer, “Time is sort of a funny thing”. It makes you wonder why Einstein bothered with all of those years of theorising, when the whole mystery of the universe could be reduced to seven words.
For those who have never seen them: Steve Ballmer in action.
OK folks, its beginning already. Here’s a comment I received in an email last night:
You should see some of these jackass posts on mac sites about Vista. “They stole ideas from the Mac!” I almost expect to hear them talking like Gollum, huddled in fron of their idols (their macs) “Thievessss! Thieevess! Theys stole it fom us, precious,) oh yessss!”
Expect more of this kind of thing from them months from now if Vista lives up to claims about it. Their elitist boasts about better security, appearance, elegance etc.taken away from them, all they will do is whine about how Microsoft stole Apple’s ideas, like big babies throwing tantrums: “Waah, waah, waah!”
Oh well…
Oh my God.
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So you get emails from Zune Tang?
Wrong, wrong, wrong a thousand times wrong! Vista will is yet another shining example of Microsoft’s innovation, competence and drive to push computing to the next level. We’ve seen it in the past few weeks with Zune, and now we’re seeing it with Vista. I’ve been lucky enough to play with the Vista betas and let me tell you something: Ballmer and the gang in Redmond are geniuses. It doesn’t seem like 5 years of blood, sweat and tears were poured into this magnificent release. More like 10 years. This version of Window is packed with features and the Aero interface is light years ahead of whats-their-name in Cupertino would ever come up with. Apple should be grateful. After running completely out of new ideas years ago, Apple has something to copy now. Cupertino, start your copiers!
The only people more afraid of Vista than the Mac fanboys are IT workers. Here’s why: Vista is the benchmark of stability and security. It’s a rock solid impenetrable fortress¬—a little something you Mac OS X sufferers know nothing about. Imagine a computing experience with minimal crashes or malware getting in the way. With Vista this dream is a reality! Take that Apple lemmings! Think about that after your third hard restart before lunch. Frankly the IT guys at my office are fearing for their jobs. What are they gonna do without computers to disinfect or repair? Help desk calls will dwindle to zero as Vista practically runs itself. But let me get back to the fresh and original Aero interface. Can you imagine Apple doing something that cool? Hey Apple, don’t you get tired following Microsoft’s lead all the time? Go back to making your little toy computers while the rest of the world enjoys Vista. Vista kicks ass.
Congratulations Microsoft on another job well done!
Your potential. Our passion.
“Look for the company to introduce a new version of Windows within two years that incorporates small, incremental improvements”
Hmmmm
Small incremental improvvements on a totally bloated system will only yeild more bloat.
Untul Redmond STARTS OVER from scratch, Windows, as we now know it, and what is Vista, is doomed to fail.
Your posts are certainly funny but you need more over the topness to make them really work. We need more things like “Microsoft invented the Mac” and…”Steve Jobs applied for a job at Microsoft but was considered unacceptable” and “The Woz has switched to Windows since the Mac is so unusable and prone to crashing” and “The multiple confirmation screens in Zune have been shown to improve elementary school test scores”
Come on…you can do better!
Notice how they mention SALES coming from products other than Windows and Office?
Businesses don’t exist for revenues… but PROFIT.
To be sure, almost all profits come from Windows and Office, it’s just.. MS is pissing away money like crazy when it wasn’t doing so in the 90’s.