Comments on: Wounded Giant http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2009/01/25/wounded-giant/ Summum nec metuas diem, nec optes - Marcus Valerius Martialis Tue, 02 Aug 2011 22:27:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Sam http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2009/01/25/wounded-giant/comment-page-1/#comment-80467 Sam Tue, 27 Jan 2009 01:42:48 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/?p=11670#comment-80467 Well, these financial difficulties Microsoft is having may have the effect of making them compete for customer loyalty, rather than just assuming that everyone will buy anything they produce. If that is the case, then it will be for the good. As much as I dislike Microsoft, I have used almost every version of Windows (and DOS before that), and will probably continue to use it in the future at least until I retire. So a better Windows will be good for everyone, even making Apple and Linux work harder. Well, these financial difficulties Microsoft is having may have the effect of making them compete for customer loyalty, rather than just assuming that everyone will buy anything they produce. If that is the case, then it will be for the good. As much as I dislike Microsoft, I have used almost every version of Windows (and DOS before that), and will probably continue to use it in the future at least until I retire. So a better Windows will be good for everyone, even making Apple and Linux work harder.

]]> By: Bleepless http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2009/01/25/wounded-giant/comment-page-1/#comment-80460 Bleepless Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:22:40 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/?p=11670#comment-80460 Microsoft is doing a lot of firing, but much of that is being outsourced, not all of it overseas. So they are cutting back on expenses, but not so much on what is being done by and for them. Microsoft is doing a lot of firing, but much of that is being outsourced, not all of it overseas. So they are cutting back on expenses, but not so much on what is being done by and for them.

]]> By: Mwalimu Daudi http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2009/01/25/wounded-giant/comment-page-1/#comment-80456 Mwalimu Daudi Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:58:04 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/?p=11670#comment-80456 Competition comes to all companies sooner of later. Microsoft dominated the PC OS market the way IBM used to dominate the PC market. It's hard to believe, but at one point IBM was able to force Intel to sign an agreement with AMD (a company I used to work for) to second-source its microprocessors. Competition comes to all companies sooner of later. Microsoft dominated the PC OS market the way IBM used to dominate the PC market.

It’s hard to believe, but at one point IBM was able to force Intel to sign an agreement with AMD (a company I used to work for) to second-source its microprocessors.

]]> By: tarpon http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2009/01/25/wounded-giant/comment-page-1/#comment-80455 tarpon Sun, 25 Jan 2009 20:16:56 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/?p=11670#comment-80455 Meanwhile, Linux gets better and better. I agree with the 'no replace' arguments. If it works, it's good enough. What's not selling is the shiny new with a copy of Windows. Vista was da bomb. We tried it out, uninstalled, and never went back. What new we bought were built machines and now run Ubuntu Linux. Meanwhile, Linux gets better and better.

I agree with the ‘no replace’ arguments. If it works, it’s good enough. What’s not selling is the shiny new with a copy of Windows. Vista was da bomb. We tried it out, uninstalled, and never went back.

What new we bought were built machines and now run Ubuntu Linux.

]]> By: Steev http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2009/01/25/wounded-giant/comment-page-1/#comment-80454 Steev Sun, 25 Jan 2009 16:46:33 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/?p=11670#comment-80454 Contrast M$ recent earning with Apple's. People are still buying computers, they just don't want crap. Apple may still have a small % of the market, but the product is a much better value per $. Contrast M$ recent earning with Apple’s. People are still buying computers, they just don’t want crap.
Apple may still have a small % of the market, but the product is a much better value per $.

]]> By: Thomas Pfau http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2009/01/25/wounded-giant/comment-page-1/#comment-80453 Thomas Pfau Sun, 25 Jan 2009 16:26:45 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/?p=11670#comment-80453 I read something the other day that said the time it took to develop Vista was so long that several things happened in the computer industry that Microsoft could not adjust for. One of those was netbooks. Vista came in way too large to run on them and now Microsoft has been caught without a player in the game. Linux has a much shorter development cycle and was able to pick up on changes like this much easier. Now Microsoft is forced to play catchup again. Notice they're predicting a much shorter development cycle for Windows 7. They'll get skunked like this again if they can't considerably shorten their development cycle. I read something the other day that said the time it took to develop Vista was so long that several things happened in the computer industry that Microsoft could not adjust for. One of those was netbooks. Vista came in way too large to run on them and now Microsoft has been caught without a player in the game. Linux has a much shorter development cycle and was able to pick up on changes like this much easier. Now Microsoft is forced to play catchup again. Notice they’re predicting a much shorter development cycle for Windows 7. They’ll get skunked like this again if they can’t considerably shorten their development cycle.

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