[X4U] Can Microsoft Be Saved?

[Randy B. Singer]

On Jun 4, 2010, at 2:45 PM, zapcat wrote:

> I am looking forward now to seeing headlines containing the words:  
> "Beleaguered Microsoft."

I'm an Apple fan and a Microsoft detractor, but it is ludicrous to  
start predicting the demise of Microsoft at this point.  Microsoft  
just reported a record quarter, their revenue is growing, and they  
are on course to make a breathtaking $60 billion (with a "b") dollars  
this year.
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2010/ 
apr10/04-22fy10q3earnings.mspx
or
http://is.gd/cu1AI
That Fool.com article completely ignores the fact that Microsoft
*owns* the business computing market (which is more lucrative than
any other computing market, including mobile), and it ignores the  
existence and success
of Windows 7.

But there is no doubt that Microsoft's efforts in just about all of
the peripheral markets in which it competes have been big losers.
The thing is, none of these peripheral markets contribute that much  
to Microsoft's bottom line anyway.  Microsoft's core business is  
solid and wildly lucrative.

I fully agree that Balmer is a real liability for the company.  But I  
doubt that even he can destroy the company.

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Randy B. Singer
Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)

Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html
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