MUST READ: Microsoft’s Long, Slow Decline

Great insights from John Gruber!

Microsoft’s Long, Slow Decline

"I’m not arguing that Microsoft will collapse. They’re too big, too established for that to happen. I simply think that their results this quarter were not an aberration, but rather the first fiscal evidence of a long, slow decline that began several years ago."

Hi. I'm a PC and I'm CHEAP!

Tried to watch new MS add with Lauren but it required Silverlight.

Meh.

Microsoft does not make PC's.

They make operating systems.

Steve Ballmer mightly proclaims that the tide has turned! Why pay that extra $500 dollars!

I had to smile.

Schumpeter was almost alone in arguing that the most vital competitive weapon was not lower prices but new ideas.

2009: Definitive, Unsolicited Advice for Microsoft

Timely reading.

Your problem isn't just mobile. Apple and Web 2.0 startups are kicking Windows' butt in front of developers. They're ashamed of Windows. You can solve both problems by launching an applications store for mobile devices, Windows and the Web. Apple's App Store is the model, but it's tied to iTunes and iPhone. You can do better—imitate and exend—and in process offer the choice you so often tout as the Microsoft differentiator.

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MUST READ: Microsoft’s Long, Slow Decline

Microsoft’s Long, Slow Decline

"I’m not arguing that Microsoft will collapse. They’re too big, too established for that to happen. I simply think that their results this quarter were not an aberration, but rather the first fiscal evidence of a long, slow decline that began several years ago."

Hi. I'm a PC and I'm CHEAP!

2009: Definitive, Unsolicited Advice for Microsoft