In the consumer space yes, its going to get ugly for MS very quickly. In the enterprise space not so much, at least not for a few years. Most companies just fi

In the consumer space yes, its going to get ugly for MS very quickly. In the enterprise space not so much, at least not for a few years. Most companies just finished their migration from Windows XP to Windows 7 so were expecting to sit out upgrading to Windows 8. So plenty of time for Microsoft to right the enterprise side of things. That said if they don't have a compelling solution for the enterprise when the time for upgrades does come then its probably game over for them. The smart move would be for them to separate the consumer and enterprise lines so that the rot in one doesn't take the other down. Sadly I think Balmer's hubris is going to prevent that from happening so I can't see a way out of the inevitable downward spiral unless he gets shown the door.