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Microsoft at the Tipover Point

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the yeah-right dept.

David Gerard writes "In the wake of Microsoft's first flat quarter, The Inquirer brings us The IT Industry Is Shifting Away From Microsoft - Linux is being taken seriously, Microsoft is not trusted and our favorite monopoly is finding it harder and harder to compete with 'free.'"

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  1. So.. by Anonvmous+Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    If Microsoft falls, who will the Linux Community have to copy from? I hope it's Apple.

  2. Dream on... by mark99 · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    That article is devoid of information and is rabidly anti-microsoft. Pity it is getting so much attention here.

    MSFT has so more alternative strategies than can be enumerated. And they have always dealt with adversary well, OS is just another challenge to them to adapt and optimize. Anyone really care to bet that they won't succeed? Think IBM or Novell are going to grow faster than MSFT now?

    I figure the emergence of India or China as technology powers are much more serious threats to MSFT.

  3. Re:moderation wishful thinking by hdparm · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Fuckwit, you got it all wrong. We (zealots) read at -1. We don't post AC. We use our computers for productive stuff, rather than having to go through patch/reboot/BSOD/reinstall/patch/reboot... cycle every fucking few days. We're disgusted with crooks like MS.

    This is the beginning of The End. Comprende, shithead?