Rjack <[email protected]> writes: > amicus_curious wrote: >> >> "Rjack" <[email protected]> wrote in message >> news:[email protected]... > > > >> Microsoft is not the result of many mergers and acquisitions, rather >> the product of a rapidly growing market for computers in the home >> and workplace. > > True but you missed the point.
How is that true? Microsoft _very_ much is well-known to acquire makers of new technology that can be used to push their advantage in the market. They are not working on their cashflow for charity. It is certainly an essential business strategy in fast-moving markets to put down your money and strategies where the market demands. And Microsoft has been masterful at that business angle, which is the main reason they got where they are now. The Microsoft slogan "where do you want to go today?" is reflecting this reactive thinking more than anything: tell them where you want to go, and they'll buy the roads. Their problem is that they have bought themselves the roads into a dead end. And there are no roads to buy out from there, so they have to build them. And find a place where people actually want to go. And Vista pretty much is a failure on most points. At some point of time they need to go "we are preparing the roads to places where you'll want to go tomorrow once you see them". -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
