And the distraction of MS continues.... Microsoft really needs some focus. Their incessant desire to go after every single area of the consumer space (no matter

And the distraction of MS continues.... Microsoft really needs some focus. Their incessant desire to go after every single area of the consumer space (no matter the cost) is a massive drag on their ability to execute. Contrast that with a company like Oracle, who as far as I know makes zero consumer-facing products. Likewise, both Google and Apple are just not competitive with MS in the corporate space. Nibbling around the edges? Sure. But serious competition? Not really. Google's mail hosting is probably the only spot where MS faces genuine competition from google, but they are at a disadvantage there because IT shops (especially ones in places where privacy is paramount like healthcare) are very reluctant to let all that email go outside their walls. What MS really needs, is to make Windows Server so compelling that even a unix guy like me looks at it and says, "You know, that would be way better than putting my stuff on Linux". That's a tall order, but it's possible (at least with the non-religious side of the Linux user base).