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Microsoft in the recent decade, has tried to indulge itself on different domains of IT. Obviously, it has failed on all of them, as stated by the author of this
by jaspero 16y ago
Microsoft in the recent decade, has tried to indulge itself on different domains of IT. Obviously, it has failed on all of them, as stated by the author of this article.
IMO, on contrary to the author, MS should stick to desktop/laptop Operating Systems. Desktop usage might have decreased but laptop is not going anywhere. There is so much market untapped in the world, I can't see the end of desktop OS.
I don't see not using my laptop fo at least a decade. And yes, I don't want to use iOS or Android on my laptop. I like the old school Linux, Windows or OSX.
Microsoft is not in trouble until they make products like Windows 7.
- endtime 16y ago>Microsoft in the recent decade, has tried to indulge itself on different domains of IT. Obviously, it has failed on all of them, I thought Sharepoint and SQL Server were huge hits - no?
- kenjackson 16y agoThey are. Sharepoint in particular has been a surprise breakout hit. But even SQL Server has done very well and their recent BI push has been a pretty incredible success. Their online services, via BPOS, have also done very well. The issue is that in more consumer targeted areas MS is in trouble. But in the enterprise they're probably stronger now than in any time in recent memory.
- rbanffy 16y ago> Sharepoint in particular has been a surprise breakout hit. Indeed. Tech historians will scratch their heads about that for generations. It's such a horrid product to use that one can only wonder how bad its competition is.
- kenjackson 16y agoWe disagree about a lot, but this is one thing that I do agree with. On both counts... Sharepoint doesn't seem to be very good software. But the competition is even worse. If some bright YC company that gets enterprise could come and do stellar document management, they'd easily have a $100M company. With potential for a $1B+ company.
- rbanffy 16y agoI think it's only the perceived competition that's worse. I have deployed and helped deploy a great deal of intranets and websites based on Plone (I worked with "bare" Zope before) and it's delightful to use, manage, develop for and operate. True it doesn't have a billion+ dollar company behind it like Sharepoint, Documentum, Oracle's whatever-it's-called, but I think it's a feature rather than a bug. > If some bright YC company (...) As soon as this founder visa thing gets sorted out, I'm in.
- kenjackson 16y agoPlone 3 was horrible, but I've heard better things about Plone 4. Post when you get started on it. I have a list of features that you'll need to get in the door of most enterprises, and a list of new features that will get you $10M in licenses your first year, virtually guaranteed.
- rbanffy 16y agoWhile I agree Plone 3 was not as simple and elegant as I would like it to be, it's much better than most "corporate" CMSs. For the developer, the learning curve is steep, specially for those unwilling to unlearn bad habits, but for end users, it's easy to use and fairly complete. What problems did you experience with it? I may be able to help.
- jaspero 16y agoI am sorry if I was not clear enough, but my interpretation of other domains was music players, tablets,etc. I agree Sharepoint and SQL Server are huge hits and they are doing good in corporate applications.
- hammerdr 16y agoSo, what you're saying is that Microsoft has failed in all domains of IT where MS has failed?