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Why Microsoft Will Never Win (Again)

If MSFT does not win Google, Google will eat MSFT lunch. MSFT is being attacked from multiple angles. From OS perspective, MSFT is no longer the much awaited software / system that customers are expecting. OS is means to an end. Even though MSFT will have a market share, the more popular ones would Mac from Consumer perspective and Linux from corporate.

A good analogy of Office business would be how Dial-up computing was for AOL. AOL was reluctant to make any content available that would jeopardize dialup business which led to proliferation of Yahoo!, Excite and likes. MSFT is in the similar shoes. If they want to preserve MS-Office, it would make the competition stronger.

Another area of dominance in the future would be in mobile computing. Because of iPhone, Apple will certainly have a huge advantage. Blackberry would be a formidable player in the arena and so is Nokia. Msft - windows for mobile has been more as also ran. MSFT needs to capture this market at any cost and would make sense to look start from scratch. There is no need to worry about windows platform which makes it too cumbersome. What is needed is a simple, nimble system that offers advantage.

Yahoo's 'Poison Pill' Against MSFT Takeover Deemed 'Nuts'

I cannot imagine a Jerry Yang doing this. It is so out of hand. The board should be sued for their negligence. If Jerry Yang was so adamant of having Yahoo! is an independent company, he should invest all his money in Yahoo! or take his company private.