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We could have had the same discussion about IBM in 1986. Think about it. Microsoft is handcuffed by their success, because anything that threatens the holy tri
by Duff 15y ago
We could have had the same discussion about IBM in 1986.
Think about it. Microsoft is handcuffed by their success, because anything that threatens the holy trinity of OEM Windows Licensing, Office and corporate EAs is not going to be successful. The impact to short-term bottom line is too much...
Look at 1986 IBM again as the example.
Do you want to be the 1986 IBM salesmen who sells some PC-based application system for $500k to a bank... a bank who may replace the IBM PCs with Compaqs in 1988? Or do you want to be the guy who sells a $10M mainframe/software package with multi-year service agreements?
- hugh3 15y agoYour point about IBM confuses me. Are you saying that Microsoft is going to be like IBM (a slow decline for another decades, followed by a huge boom ten years later)? Or that Microsoft should follow IBM's example by giving up on the consumer market? There's many ways to make a buck -- Apple has chosen one, IBM another, and neither is obviously better than the other.