Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 3rd Jul 2007 14:53 UTC, submitted by Tony Mobily
Microsoft "The more I think about Microsoft, the more I realise that they are, possibly for the first time, seriously cornered (or surrounded, depending on how you want to see it). A little history will clarify why I think so - and why I think that this might really be the beginning of the end for Microsoft."
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by judgen on Tue 3rd Jul 2007 15:58 UTC
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2006-07-12

Not that microsoft is going broke or anything. But look at the horrid numbers on the Xbox department. They are running on the rest of microsofts money and doing quite poorly (revenue result wise)

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by archiesteel on Tue 3rd Jul 2007 16:03 in reply to "True"
archiesteel Member since:
2005-07-02

That's a good point. Microsoft may have a huge cash reserve, but apart from Windows and Office, they are not very profitable. MSN isn't making money, the Zune isn't making money, Xbox is barely breaking even due to the losses they're taking on every console unit.

I don't think MS is going anywhere anytime soon, but their dominance is certainly at risk (which is only natural, after all - all empires fall, eventually).

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by PJBonoVox on Tue 3rd Jul 2007 22:14 in reply to "RE: True"