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Microsoft 'under attack' On All Fronts

Posted by Hemos on from the rehash-stories-continue dept.

khujifig writes "The Beeb are carrying a story looking at the challenges facing Microsoft in the next few years. This includes a brief description of the M.Home (sans Clippy) which the Beeb describes as "a far cry from real life", and a discussion of the next few years competition for Microsoft. They go on to highlight Linux, OpenOffice.org, the GIMP and Firefox (which Gates himself has used: "I played around with it a bit, but it's just another browser, and IE [Microsoft's Internet Explorer] is better,"), and look Apple in relation to Longhorn. Not as bad a read as I was expecting. Their summary: Microsoft is under 'attack' on all fronts, and either needs to innovate or die. "Why use Microsoft if you have a broadband connection and combine Firefox with powerful web services like Google's Gmail?."" It should be said, tho', that articles like this have been written about MSFT for a long time - and there's still billions in their war-chest.

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  1. SOAP by boschmorden · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "Why use Microsoft if you have a broadband connection and combine Firefox with powerful web services like Google's Gmail?."

    I didn't know Gmail had a SOAP interface.

  2. Gates Quote by cashman73 · · Score: 0, Redundant
    "I played around with it a bit, but it's just another browser, and IE [Microsoft's Internet Explorer] is better,"

    And this quote is a surprise to who? That's a big shocking news story of the day; Bill Gates prefers IE over Firefox! Like duh!