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Their definition of 'market' being 'all consumer computing devices', so obviously the picture changes rapidly after 2005 with the smartphone and tablet explosio
by codeulike 14y ago
Their definition of 'market' being 'all consumer computing devices', so obviously the picture changes rapidly after 2005 with the smartphone and tablet explosion. Its not really news that Microsoft are not doing well if you look at the whole universe of computing devices.
The headline is a bit misleading as it implies something more interesting, along the lines of 'microsoft not as dominant in desktop as people assume' ... but thats not what its about.
I wonder if Goldman's count X-Box as a consumer computing device? I bet they don't, not that it would make that much difference to the stats.
- 7952 14y agoAgreed. It's similar to comparing Intel to ARM. Outside of business the OS is becoming less important to the consumer than it used to be. IMHO the key for Microsoft is maintaining its hold on the corporate market. In that regard the key product is not Windows but Office.
- crag 14y agoThat's right, Office is everywhere. And they use that to leverage Sharepoint, Exchange and other systems. There's no shame in being number 1 in the corporate world and number 4 or 5 in the consumer market. :) Though they do have the xbox.
- jwoah12 14y agoThere's no shame in being number 1 in the corporate world and number 4 or 5 in the consumer market. That statement is probably not as easy to swallow for a company that was worth $850bil (in today's dollar) just 13 years ago. Edit: clarify value accounting for inflation
- pmelendez 14y agoWell, it is a cycle you know? Microsoft in the 90's looked as impossible to beat down as IBM looked back in the 70's and IBM still exists and it is strong, but is not longer that unbeatable beast that used to be. I wonder if, in a few years, I will be writing this statement again but comparing Apple/Google with Facebook/Twitter/Whatever-is-coming.