Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 8th May 2006 19:38 UTC
"New security features in Windows Vista will largely eliminate the need to run separate antispyware or firewall software, according to a new analyst report. Due out early next year, the next major release of Microsoft's flagship operating system promises not only to increase security for consumers, it will also dramatically affect the $3.6 billion market for Windows security products, according to a Yankee Group report scheduled to be published Monday." That same report also claims that Vista's security measures will hurt in the enterprise sector, and it advises companies to stick with XP SP2 until 2008.
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2006-01-14
I am not gonna sit here and claim that MS is in a bad position financially. Just that their past actions are going to catch up to them. The number of lawsuits against MS is rising at a very steep rate. MS will never go out of business, but the horizon isnt as sunny as it used to be. Consider the fact that even Bill Gates said that the future of MS is web services and the fact that AJAX is plaform independent. There is increasingly better quality software available for free. People aren't going to keep paying the MS tax if they can avoid it. And MS hasnt exactly gone out of its way to persue brand loyalty. I think one of two outcomes will happen. MS will step too far out of line and end up like AT&T. Or, MS will become like Ford, just another player in the market.