Financials Indicate Microsoft Prepping for War

SpaceAdmiral writes "Microsoft has surprised analysts by forecasting significantly higher expenses in the next fiscal year, an indication that the company might be getting ready to do battle with its online rivals. According to analyst Eugene Munster of Piper Jaffray, 'It looks like Microsoft is going to war with Google.'" From the article: "According to Mark Stahlman of Caris & Company, the fact that Microsoft plans to spend significantly more in 2007 was an indication of renewed aggressiveness in its competitive strategy and an indication that the company was returning to the kind of actions it exhibited before the Justice Department's antitrust lawsuit in the mid- and late 1990's. 'It's pretty clear that Bill is running the company again,' Mr. Stahlman said, referring to Bill Gates, 'and they are going to remake the business. They are being much more combative and much more strategically managed.'"

Comments

They are going to cut off Google's air supply

[NatteringNabob]

Let's face it, if a 'bug' in Vista prevents browsers from visiting 'www.google.com', or asks you 'would you like to try MSN search instead?' or just puts a popup like 'Warning: accessing this site may expose your computer to malicious code', then google is dead. Since Microsoft knows the USDOJ will let them do anything they want, I wouldn't put it past them. If google sues for billions of dollars after they go bankrupt, it is a small price to pay to preserve the monopoly.

Re:Apple will win.

[kimvette]

they make the fastest Windows PC.

They're using dual-core AMD opterons and Athlon X2 processors and NVidia video cards, and brought SCSI back? How in God's name did I miss that headline?

Oh right, you're a Mac Fanboi abusing the AC feature. Carry on then! ;)