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Qualcomm Battles for the Guts of the Cell Phone

How about Word vs. Wordperfect, Excel vs. Lotus 1-2-3, Windows vs. MacOS, Visual Studio vs. Borland, and Netscape vs. Internet Explorer? The track record may not be flawless, but having a better product doesn't mean the company is in zero danger. The possibility of a takeover helps but I'm not convinced it's enough to count as a built-in insurance policy.

Microsoft released under Ballmer (and had success with) the Xbox, the Xbox 360, Windows XP, and Vista. I don't quite remember when they bought Bungie...if that was when Ballmer was President or when he was CEO, but certainly that turned out to be a great investment. Windows Media DRM looks like it will dominate that space as well.

Qualcomm Battles for the Guts of the Cell Phone

Isn't Microsoft's history full of them beating companies who had a better product?