Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ____/ Mark Kent on Tuesday 18 December 2007 16:07 : \____
>
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> Domino: The Netherlands
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>| It is hard to believe, but Heise reports that Microsoft was threatening the
>>>| Dutch government to sue it before the European Court of Juctice which would
>>>| be a competition case.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-31230/domino:the-netherlands
>>>
>>> Like a disgraceful abusive monopoly. Classic.
>>
>> A sign of a desperate, failing, company? No sane person would sue their
>> own customers. The only other market place where this happens is the
>> RIAA/MPAA, who also have a failing business model.
>
> Remember that Microsoft has lost over half of its cash piles in the past 2
> years. Nobody wants Vista and Office 2007 and other business units (XBox/Zune
> in entertainment, Windows Mobile) lose a lot of money. The whole forced
> upgrades idea works too badly when it comes to revenue, especially if it takes
> 5 years for a new product to come and it's actually a step back. That explains
> Microsoft's Google envy (subscription/ad-sponsored software).
>
The financial position for Microsoft is beginning to get rather nasty.
Because they're so big, it'll be a very long time before it all
collapses, but for those companies like Novell who decided to put all
their eggs in the Microsoft basket, Microsoft's cash losses must be a
cause for significant concern. Soon there won't be money from Microsoft
to prop up ailing companies like Novell.
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