What's behind Microsoft's fall from dominance?

[SysAdmin]

http://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/page/business/microsofts-lost-decade/436/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/whats-behind-microsofts-fall-from-dominance/2013/09/05/b0e5e91e-157b-11e3-804b-d3a1a3a18f2c_story.html

[SysAdmin]

@fishy_fiz

Hmmm, I don't see any comments from me in this thread. I only linked to a technology news item for the Other Operating Systems forum. If you have no interest in this tech news move along to other threads please. Nothing to see here for you. The Washington Post Business section is a very reliable media source. Amazon's founder just bought the Washington Post for $250 million dollars.

[SysAdmin]

If it weren't for MS, we'd be using much less powerful hardware than we do now.

I respectfully disagree, I would say MS has set the the IT industry back at least 10-30 years. You don't want the 100's of links I could post backing this up. Thank goodness for the internet where true innovation is able to thrive and grow. Win7 & XP are not bad if you need to run a certain application or have a business need for them. I would say they are not particularly good either. Kind of utilitarian and boring. There are some cool software/hardware products on Windows from 3rd party developers.

[SysAdmin]

http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/Microsoft-and-Ballmer-and-Nokia-Oh-My-78901.html

[SysAdmin]

LOL, I don't think anyone will be taking advantage of this offer.


http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/09/12/microsoft-starts-buying-used-ipads-for-200-microsoft-store-gift-cards-pushes-surface