Microsoft's last chance? No way! Microsoft isn't going to run out of money anytime soon; it can buy itself quite a lot of time, enough for several chances. Pau

Microsoft's last chance? No way! Microsoft isn't going to run out of money anytime soon; it can buy itself quite a lot of time, enough for several chances. Paul Graham also declared Microsoft dead (http://www.paulgraham.com/microsoft.html http://www.paulgraham.com/microsoft.html) 3.5 years ago. With all reservations made to the meaning of the word "dead" in this fine essay, I can't find the way around some ways in which this is simply wrong. For example, if I want to play a computer game nowadays, I'd better have Windows. The vast majority of games, from indie and experimental through proud little independent companies all the way to established companies - are made for Windows. It's like the only game in town. There's no sign of changing this in sight. Granted, PC game market is a fraction of that of consoles, but in consoles Microsoft established a good foothold too and not giving it up anytime soon. I'm afraid that many technology observers drink too much of some fashionable kool-aid and over-dramatize things. Wherever some company or technology appears that has non-zero chance to potentially displace established company or technology X, they declare it "X killer" or proclaim X dead. I'm afraid I can't fully trust the expertise and reasoning of said people after that. Maybe Microsoft's hopes to bury iPhone and Android are just that, hopes. But declaring it Microsoft's "last chance", even in mobile segment, is no less wishful thinking.