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A Former Microsoftie Forecasts Microsoft Doom

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the watch-out-for-cacodemon-bob dept.

Chris Holland writes "Jeff Reifman, a columnist for Seattle Weekly, has written a toe-curling editorial analysis of Microsoft's past and current missed opportunities, contrasted with its financial success, while covering in fair depth some of the most serious threats to their business model. Beyond the many choice quotes, I've found this article to be a very interesting read from somebody who has not only been on the inside, but also significantly developed his professional career thru Microsoft solutions."

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  1. thru? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    through

  2. Re:The bigger they are... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yeah, holding back Apple and Linux is much akin to trying to exterminate all Jews and kill 10s of millions of people. Moron.

    Please, doesn't anyone invoke Godwin's law on people any more? Does anyone remember what the Nazis *actually did*? Hint: they did more than just kill Netscape.

  3. Re:"thru" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    > Please.

    Uh, ok ...

    THRUst vectoring owns the sky!!!

  4. Microsoft's death? by Munden · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    They just patented Double Clicking! http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/06/02/22 22258&mode=thread&tid=109&tid=155&tid=187&tid= 99 BEHOLD, THE POWER OF MICROSOFT

  5. TROLL ALERT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    MOD DOWN. TROLL.

  6. TROLL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This is a troll, mod down.

  7. "Toe-curling" editorial? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    In the UK, that's slang (i.e. an irregular word or uncommon definition) meaning "causing embarassment for someone else".

    In the USA, toe-curling is primarily associated with orgasm.

    Given the multinational locale of the internet, perhaps it would be best not to use potentially confusing slang words...

  8. Re:in the dictionary by BerntB · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Next time one of your euroneighbors decides that your land would make a nice annexation, we'll hang back until we get this "English" problem straightened out.
    Anon Cowards seldom surprise:
    That was written when the main problem Britain seems to have with the rest of Europe, is it's friendly attitude to the US... :-)

    (For the record -- as an outsider, I must say that the Queen's English is simply beautiful, but some of the really odd southern US dialects sound as funny as the Irish or London dialects.)

    --
    Karma: Excellent (My Karma? I wish...:-( )
  9. Re:in the dictionary by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    teh Queer's English art pimply bootyfull

    Happy is he that dashes the Queer against the rocks.