http://anykey.com.au/?p=488&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=is-microsoft-on-the-verge-of-a-sudden-collapse-or-just-a-long-slow-decline Technology, business, motorcycles and other stuff Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:30:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.33 http://anykey.com.au/?p=488#comment-298 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:30:48 +0000 http://anykey.com.au/?p=488#comment-298 Thanks for the comment, Jason. As always, well said.
I tend to agree with your description of the doomed talk. I don’t think they’re headed off the precipice. But the landscape sure is changing.

]]> http://anykey.com.au/?p=488#comment-296 Sun, 09 Dec 2012 23:35:52 +0000 http://anykey.com.au/?p=488#comment-296 I really think all this talk of Microsoft being doomed is overblown, attention grabbing crap. If they ever do collapse, I’m pretty certain it will be spectacular. I do not see them heading that direction by any means at the moment.
Windows 8 is a big change, of course. I think it’s a pretty nice interface that needs some work. Even if it were fully ready and awesome, enterprise wouldn’t be switching yet anyway. From all the reports I’m hearing, it’s a smash hit for tablets and smart phones.
Yes, there are other options for many of Microsoft’s solutions coming online and some companies are migrating. I think this is good for Microsoft. They have been too dominant and haven’t been as innovative as they could be. And they still managed to turn out a pretty decent product. If they take these challenges as impetus to start innovating, they will do well. I think Windows 8 is an indication that they are willing to do that.

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