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It is tricky to manage any large company. The more tricky problem for Microsoft is that it heavily depends on old business models. A significant portion of Micr
by moca 13y ago
It is tricky to manage any large company. The more tricky problem for Microsoft is that it heavily depends on old business models. A significant portion of Microsoft profit comes from Windows and Office. Other companies, like Google, can offer competitive products almost for free. That could happen eventually. It won't take Google too much efforts to provide a desktop version of Android and Office-like product. Even at several billion dollars R&D cost, it is still much cheaper than Motorola purchase.
Microsoft enterprise business is hugely competitive. But other than that, it is hard to achieve meaningful profit margin (xbox may earn couple of billions, internet services always lose money, Nokia probably break even for next few years). So the problem is more about innovate than manage Microsoft.
- jpatokal 13y agoWhy would Google develop a desktop Android or Office, when they've already got this? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrome_OS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrome_OS
- pjmlp 13y agoBecause it sucks?
- frozenport 13y agoI would like to second this opinion. I have used Google tools to collaborate but always needed to post process the results in a real presentation make program like Office or Latex.
- Zigurd 13y agoAt the current state of development, Google has a problem: Android is by far the better general-purpose OS, but Google Drive's office productivity apps suck REALLY bad on Android. If they were implemented to the same standard as Android's GMail app, Windows would have a lot to worry about. But as it is, Android isn't going to displace any enterprise desktops this week.
- pjmlp 13y agoEven the office productivity sucks, at least for my workflows. I just use them when I need to quickly share something in a tabular form with someone else. Otherwise I rather use Microsoft and Libre Office suites.