mrbill

Why Isn't Microsoft's Strategy Working Anymore?

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If you knew Steve Ballmer personally, would you:

a) Turn him over to the authorities?

b) Leave him stranded in the Grand Canyon?

c) Have him sterilized?

d) All of the above?

Why Isn't Microsoft's Strategy Working Anymore?

The secrete to Ballmer's success: being at the right place at the right time (Bill Gates' b*** buddy).

If you don't believe me, see this:

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Why Isn't Microsoft's Strategy Working Anymore?

Why Micro$oft is a shadow of its former self? Embrace, extend, and extinguish no longer works. The competition don't play that game anymore.

Other reasons:

* Broken promises: release schedules, stable software, new features, compatibility.

* Planned obsolescence (Windows ME/Vista): corporate customers hate this.

* Nazi strict licensing: licensing servers required for corporate workstations, need to phone home regularly or they will deactivate, product activation on consumer systems, etc, slowly getting everyone used to a rental model.

* M$ is a Hollywood whore: DRM, OS programmed to behave like trojan if you're a suspected pirate; also forces their hardware partners to write trojans for this purpose.

* They eat their own: M$ opening retail stores to compete with their partners, large and small (Dell, HP, Costco, Best Buy, and small mom & pop computer shops); same for apps, eg., great plains/accounting.

* Over-marketing of the M$ brand (and for what good reason, really?): back in the heyday, application consistency was seen as a strength; today people don't seem to care and if your app looks and feels like Windows then it's considered run of the mill/generic. It's like buying a Walmart refrigerator, then buying Walmart brand bacon & eggs, and Walmart icecubes to go with it. Then later, a Walmart microwave and Walmart vacuum cleaner and Walmart shampoo. One word: gay.

* M$ is the Radioshack of computing and Ballmer is an insult to every car salesman on the planet.

Most businesses can save tremendously by switching their server environment to Linux: Suse, Redhat, Debian, etc. And as more and more apps are made to run in the browser, the desktop is not too far off.