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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. Oh shit! by Quasar1999 · · Score: 4, Funny

    You know what this means right? We've backed Microsoft into a corner, so now it's going to pull every dirty trick in the book to get it's profits back...

    No, really, I wouldn't put it past them... Wonder what technology area they're going to monopolize next? Tivo looks prime for the picking... ;)

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    1. Re:Oh shit! by DrLZRDMN · · Score: 4, Funny

      Wonder what technology area they're going to monopolize next?
      Embeded systems in vaccum cleaners, aiming for the market of products that don't suck.

    2. Re:Oh shit! by akgunkel · · Score: 4, Funny

      Damn, yes. They could redesign the vacuum assembly to be increadibly simple: A tube with a WindowsCE PDA at one end! With that kind of sucking power, they would put every vacuum maker out of business!

      Their slogan will be "MS SuxDelux: So powerful, it'll suck the carpets right off your floors!"

  2. Re: More like the calm before the success storm by Black+Parrot · · Score: 3, Funny


    > This is the beginning of a growth period for Microsoft that is on a whole different scale than the last one.

    No, I don't want to buy your MSFT.

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  3. Re:Well... by OECD · · Score: 4, Funny

    On one hand, I'm breaking out the wine for a little celebration.

    If true, it would certainly be time to break out the wine!

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