I mean that they have stabilized, and the biggest and most creaky company (historically speaking), has passed them up. The old saying was, "No one got fired for

I mean that they have stabilized, and the biggest and most creaky company (historically speaking), has passed them up. The old saying was, "No one got fired for buying IBM". It is a signal that MS is not using its dominance to get into new markets, grow products, and generally be an competetively active business.