Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 23rd Sep 2005 11:38 UTC
Microsoft As early as May 1995, three months before Netscape initial public offering sparked the dot-com boom, Microsoft executives were worried that the nascent WWW could one day become a significant threat to the Windows franchise. Another memo is also making the rounds. This internal memo, written in 2005, argues that Google threatens Microsoft and the company's crown jewel, Windows.
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too late
by on Fri 23rd Sep 2005 23:46 UTC

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Microsoft has already lost the battle. Vista is just another flop - it doesn't even run on most desktops available today because of its insane hardware requirements, has an ugly and cumbersome UI, and is still far from stable.