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Microsoft should starve on radical penguin diet
Jul 31, 2010, 14 :04 UTC (18 Talkback[s]) (6786 reads)

(Other stories by Matt Asay)

"When the mouthpiece of American capitalism calls a company a dog, it's time to re-evaluate that company's chances.

"In Wednesday's Wall Street Journal, columnist Holman Jenkins, Jr asks if "Steve Ballmer is a failed CEO?" then forecasts Microsoft's feeble future even as it banks record profits. Microsoft is a company stuck in the glory years of the 1980s and 1990s - truly glorious years for a company that built not one but two massive cash cows: Windows and Office.

"To remain relevant in the future, however, Microsoft must build a third."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
...rolling in from Windows and MSOffice, ...   Keeping those $billions...   
cjm
Jul 31, 2010, 14:44:55
 
Microsoft won't listen to this bad a ...   Bad Advise   
GaAsP
Jul 31, 2010, 15:01:30
 
I actually said something like that, som ...   Been there, done that.   
Neko Nata
Jul 31, 2010, 17:29:52
 
"Microsoft also needs to go deep on Linu ...   deep doodoo   
Steve Stites
Jul 31, 2010, 17:39:40
 
Microsoft is in a bad position, not unli ...   Scapegoating Ballmer is missing the point.   
Bernard Swiss
Jul 31, 2010, 21:18:35
 
Quote: Instead, Microsoft should conside ...   A Microsoft purchase of openSUSE   
Candid
Jul 31, 2010, 22:50:54
 
and because they are too big to fail, ou ...   Re: Scapegoating Ballmer is missing the point.   
Fred Williams
Jul 31, 2010, 23:37:20
 
The point you make is excellent. I wonde ...   For Bernard Swiss.......good one.   
Candid
Jul 31, 2010, 23:43:22
 
> and because they are too big to fail,  ...   Re: Re: Scapegoating Ballmer is missing the point.   
Frank Earl (aka Svartalf)
Aug 1, 2010, 01:05:15
 
I've been using Linux at home and on ...   MS has nothing to fear   
david
Aug 1, 2010, 03:56:57
 
" As a former Unix administrator".Thank  ...   Duh... I'm dribbling in my coffee.   
homer
Aug 1, 2010, 07:17:29
 
You left out an important bit of informa ...   @ david......you went about it the wrong way   
Candid
Aug 1, 2010, 08:52:56
 
> (I know your answer, "use the repositi ...   Re: MS has nothing to fear   
Jo Ĝiongen
Aug 1, 2010, 09:09:28
 
Quote: " I recently tried to upgrade Fir ...   Re: MS has nothing to fear   
Niki Kovacs
Aug 1, 2010, 10:11:01
 
To my understanding, everyone use CUPS t ...   Re: MS has nothing to fear   
ac
Aug 1, 2010, 12:42:28
 
David, I'm not an "IT guy", I sell b ...   Re: MS has nothing to fear   
Bernard Swiss
Aug 1, 2010, 20:25:13
 
Quite an amazing parallel isn't it ? ...   Re: For Bernard Swiss.......good one.   
grep
Aug 2, 2010, 02:39:17
 
Hmm...Almost right.But it is not "the op ...   Re: deep doodoo   
J. Kloosterman
Aug 2, 2010, 06:38:28
 
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