What's behind Microsoft's fall from dominance?

[fatboy]

If it werent for MS, we'd be using much less powerful hardware than we do now.......

Because it was inefficient bloatware that needed powerful hardware to do anything useful...the complete opposite of Amiga OS;)

Who needs high-end multi-core CPU's for day to day stuff when you have Android for example on low power devices with CPU's running <1Ghz !?!

The only thing I truly like about Windows is the excellent emulators out there (Fusion, UAE, Spectaculator, FBA, MAME, MESS and so on). I can do office stuff on my Linux laptop.

[fatboy]

It's horses for courses! I use Windows 7 on my desktop PC for day-to-day-stuff (seems pretty good to me), Linux on my 'private' laptop and Android ICS (stable, no system crashes) on my JXD S5110 for a bit of hand-held retro gaming fun....sweet!

I get the point that Microsoft are not as dominate as they use to be, but terminal decline???

Is this much like the recent comments from one ATARI legend who believes Nintendo are heading towards being 'irrelevant'  in the console market - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23995569