...so long as the PC remains exponentially more powerful, expandable and capable than tablets, it won't be going anywhere.
You're right, it isn't going anywhere, it's staying under the desk. Meanwhile, people are not chained to their desks as much as they used to be. You might take a quick poll and see if anyone you know under 20 even has a desktop. But I bet half of them have tablets.
What they will need to do is release critical, unavoidable, automatic updates for XP and Windows 7 that replaces the 'Start' button and menu with Metro
I really hope they do that, I really do. I'd just sit back with popcorn and enjoy the lynching.
Even Microsoft's XBox strategy is pretty much snookered. They are nowhere close to recoving their multibillion initial investment and the hardware is getting awfully long in the tooth. The whole fiasco now has to be repeated and this time it will be even worse because the gap between what you can stuff into a consumer appliance and what you can get from the commodity PC market for the same price has only increased. And Microsoft gutted it's PC gaming franchise to earn that albatros around its neck, what a massive fail.
Patent trolls are regularly regarded as companies that make no product, have never implemented their patent...
You haven't been reading your wikipedia lately, have you? A patent troll is now anyone who trolls a patent, that is, uses it as an offensive weapon. Microsoft and Apple both qualify solidly.
Oh, was it a Microsoft or an Apple loser who modded that post "disagree"? Well they would, wouldn't they. Whowever you are, sucks to be you.
I love the way you Microsofties do your creative accounting. Too bad it isn't GAAP. Looking forward to seeing at least a few of you in jail when the reckoning finally comes.
And tell me what stockholder in their right mind would be happy with losing a quarter's profit? Oh right, a Microsoft shareholder because by definition they are lobotomized and don't care about anything.
When a company writes off several billion dollars' worth of assets and their stock doesn't go straight to hell, that's because the market understands that it's just a periodic house-cleaning event, and that future quarters will look stronger as a result.
Or it is because investors are asleep at the wheel. Of course that never happens so we must reject it as a possibility.
Next question: how long before Ballmer drives Skype to zero?
What, some driveby Microsoft astromod found that question uncomfortable? Face it, as long as you people are like you are, you will get criticism like this. Why don't you just do the right thing and slit your wrists.
When a company writes off several billion dollars' worth of assets and their stock doesn't go straight to hell, that's because the market understands that it's just a periodic house-cleaning event, and that future quarters will look stronger as a result.
Or it is because investors are asleep at the wheel. Of course that never happens so we must reject it as a possibility.
Next question: how long before Ballmer drives Skype to zero?
It's like Microsoft took $6.2B and lit it on fire. They just didn't realize it had all burned up until now, even though the actual cash was gone several years ago.
Of course they realized it. But it is always in the Microsoft nature to cheat, even to the extent of breaking the law, which they may well have done in this case. (Yes, GAAP is law in the sense that not following it is fraud.) Now it is fair to ask, what game are they playing by loading the entire loss into a single quarter?
Patent trolls are regularly regarded as companies that make no product, have never implemented their patent...
You haven't been reading your wikipedia lately, have you? A patent troll is now anyone who trolls a patent, that is, uses it as an offensive weapon. Microsoft and Apple both qualify solidly.
Microsoft DOS 6.22 with the 4DOS command.com replacement was seriously graceful. Almost better than a linux command line. Power, Grace, and Beauty.
I love your sense of humour. Remember how DOS wildcards work? If it sees an asterisk it fills the rest of the name (or extension, remember those?) on the right with ? chars. Nice. Right up to Microsoft's usual standards of truth and beauty.
See, Nokia is talking about "standards essential" patents. A situation that needs to be outlawed. Granting a monopoly on a new invention is one thing, mandating by a standard that everybody must use that new invention is quite another. And quite outrageous. This widespread practice has only flourished in the past because it has flown under the radar of the average citizen. It can't be allowed to continue.
Can't prove it but we all know this is another one of Microsoft's proxy wars.
Obviously, Google's legal team is not fooled. This is the most direct attack by Elop/Microsoft on Google so far. In this high stakes patent trolling I'm betting on Google, just going by the severe schooling Google's legal team handed out to Oracle. My crystal ball shows a whole lot of sucessful patent busting on the way, with the enthusiastic and effective support of the open community. Can you spell Groklaw. I can see a big debilitating fight ahead for Nokia that it can't afford, but of course that just fits the pattern of everything Elop has done so far. I'm still wondering where the shareholder lawsuits are. Oh wait, there is one but there should be more.
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...so long as the PC remains exponentially more powerful, expandable and capable than tablets, it won't be going anywhere.
You're right, it isn't going anywhere, it's staying under the desk. Meanwhile, people are not chained to their desks as much as they used to be. You might take a quick poll and see if anyone you know under 20 even has a desktop. But I bet half of them have tablets.
What they will need to do is release critical, unavoidable, automatic updates for XP and Windows 7 that replaces the 'Start' button and menu with Metro
I really hope they do that, I really do. I'd just sit back with popcorn and enjoy the lynching.
Even Microsoft's XBox strategy is pretty much snookered. They are nowhere close to recoving their multibillion initial investment and the hardware is getting awfully long in the tooth. The whole fiasco now has to be repeated and this time it will be even worse because the gap between what you can stuff into a consumer appliance and what you can get from the commodity PC market for the same price has only increased. And Microsoft gutted it's PC gaming franchise to earn that albatros around its neck, what a massive fail.
Bill Gates also thought he did the right thing when he wiggled his butt for network television.
Patents that are knowingly included in a standard are typically subject to FRAND
FRAND is a cynical joke, as we all know, even you.
Patent trolls are regularly regarded as companies that make no product, have never implemented their patent...
You haven't been reading your wikipedia lately, have you? A patent troll is now anyone who trolls a patent, that is, uses it as an offensive weapon. Microsoft and Apple both qualify solidly.
Oh, was it a Microsoft or an Apple loser who modded that post "disagree"? Well they would, wouldn't they. Whowever you are, sucks to be you.
I love the way you Microsofties do your creative accounting. Too bad it isn't GAAP. Looking forward to seeing at least a few of you in jail when the reckoning finally comes.
And tell me what stockholder in their right mind would be happy with losing a quarter's profit? Oh right, a Microsoft shareholder because by definition they are lobotomized and don't care about anything.
When a company writes off several billion dollars' worth of assets and their stock doesn't go straight to hell, that's because the market understands that it's just a periodic house-cleaning event, and that future quarters will look stronger as a result.
Or it is because investors are asleep at the wheel. Of course that never happens so we must reject it as a possibility.
Next question: how long before Ballmer drives Skype to zero?
What, some driveby Microsoft astromod found that question uncomfortable? Face it, as long as you people are like you are, you will get criticism like this. Why don't you just do the right thing and slit your wrists.
Steve Ballmer sends Steve Elop off to Nokia
It wasn't a single event. Microsoft knew years ago that the value of Aquantative was seriously declining. But did Microsoft's shareholders?
When a company writes off several billion dollars' worth of assets and their stock doesn't go straight to hell, that's because the market understands that it's just a periodic house-cleaning event, and that future quarters will look stronger as a result.
Or it is because investors are asleep at the wheel. Of course that never happens so we must reject it as a possibility.
Next question: how long before Ballmer drives Skype to zero?
It's a good time to own a cruise ship company.
It's like Microsoft took $6.2B and lit it on fire. They just didn't realize it had all burned up until now, even though the actual cash was gone several years ago.
Of course they realized it. But it is always in the Microsoft nature to cheat, even to the extent of breaking the law, which they may well have done in this case. (Yes, GAAP is law in the sense that not following it is fraud.) Now it is fair to ask, what game are they playing by loading the entire loss into a single quarter?
Any accountant want to explain exactly what "wrote off" means?
I'm not an accountant and I don't need to be to know that it means "recognized a loss".
$Six billion here, $six billion there, soon you'll be talking real money.
I bet you don't even see what is wrong with the Microsoft approach to wildcards.
Patent trolls are regularly regarded as companies that make no product, have never implemented their patent...
You haven't been reading your wikipedia lately, have you? A patent troll is now anyone who trolls a patent, that is, uses it as an offensive weapon. Microsoft and Apple both qualify solidly.
Microsoft has much to gain by smacking down Google whenever they can.
Trying to smack down Google you mean. On the face of it, Google seems to pack considerably more smack than Microsoft.
Have you ever given a high-stakes presentation? Have ever given hundreds of them? Shit happens...
Shit seems to happen a lot more to Microsoft demonstrations. Having a warship towed back to port was a lovely demonstration.
Microsoft DOS 6.22 with the 4DOS command.com replacement was seriously graceful. Almost better than a linux command line. Power, Grace, and Beauty.
I love your sense of humour. Remember how DOS wildcards work? If it sees an asterisk it fills the rest of the name (or extension, remember those?) on the right with ? chars. Nice. Right up to Microsoft's usual standards of truth and beauty.
Which bloc of Nokia shareholders was that, and what was their connection to Microsoft, or to Bill Gates?
See, Nokia is talking about "standards essential" patents. A situation that needs to be outlawed. Granting a monopoly on a new invention is one thing, mandating by a standard that everybody must use that new invention is quite another. And quite outrageous. This widespread practice has only flourished in the past because it has flown under the radar of the average citizen. It can't be allowed to continue.
Can't prove it but we all know this is another one of Microsoft's proxy wars.
Obviously, Google's legal team is not fooled. This is the most direct attack by Elop/Microsoft on Google so far. In this high stakes patent trolling I'm betting on Google, just going by the severe schooling Google's legal team handed out to Oracle. My crystal ball shows a whole lot of sucessful patent busting on the way, with the enthusiastic and effective support of the open community. Can you spell Groklaw. I can see a big debilitating fight ahead for Nokia that it can't afford, but of course that just fits the pattern of everything Elop has done so far. I'm still wondering where the shareholder lawsuits are. Oh wait, there is one but there should be more.
https://www.google.com/search?q=iPhone+spontaneously+combusts