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Microsoft has much bigger problems than Vista. Their stronghold on the OS market is strong enough that they can probably stand 1 bad release. Only if Windows
by aneesh 18y ago
Microsoft has much bigger problems than Vista. Their stronghold on the OS market is strong enough that they can probably stand 1 bad release. Only if Windows 7 screws up will they have real problems in terms of market share & bottom line.
The bigger problem for Microsoft is that they're just not cool anymore. Not for prospective customers, not for prospective employees, and not for prospective partners. That's why I think brand awareness is what they're going after with all this.
- lux 18y agoI think that's it too. I was just talking to someone the other day who was with IBM back when MS kicked their butts in the battle between Windows and OS/2. OS/2 was technically superior in many ways, but he was saying that at conferences it was a bunch of old guys with sore feet at the IBM table, and hot women with loud music and lots of giveaways at the MS booth. Where would you rather be? MS isn't perceived as exciting and new and hip these days, and needs to bring back some youth and fun, which Mac seems to have plenty of at the moment.