Creative Investor

Microsoft's Impressive Quarter Fuelled By Improved Business IT Spending

I do think that Apple will slowly take away a larger share of the PC marketplace, but only in the individual consumer market though and largely due to huge brand recognition thanks to iPod and iPhone. Business customers are not likely to switch any time soon, everything revolves around MSFT-design business systems for many businesses. That's where Linux comes in, but it's been trying to pressure MSFT for years and yet MSFT is still the most profitable software company in the world. I see Google as a more formidable opponent that MSFT should fear since if they succeed with Google Apps, they can eat away MS Office market share relatively quickly - that is just how viral their business model is.
I've actually analyzed MSFT just a few days ago: www.creativeinvestor10...