nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
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> The End of A Great Illusion.
> The reality is that Microsoft is forced to falsify reports and color
> numbers because reality doesn't support the illusion of Microsoft's
> unquestionable market power. The company is failing in consumer
> electronics, and every year that passes makes its losses greater and
> its accomplishments less impressive.
>
> With shrinking sales, the 360 isn't going to hold off expansion of the
> PS3. With the death of HD-DVD, Microsoft isn't going to push into
> media sales and production. With fire sales of the Zune, Apple is not
> going to lose its iPod business to the same company that already
> failed to take it on with its PlaysForSure partners.
>
> The death of HD-DVD says more about Microsoft and its future than the
> general media seems to recognize. It's not a format war, its a culture
> war between industry players working to advance the state of the art
> collectively in partnerships, and one company working to own
> everything while contributing very little. It's not hard to see why
> Microsoft's bruised and abused former partners are working to align
> themselves with open solutions rather than buy into more pain with
> technology tied to Microsoft. That's very bad news for a company that
> exists solely as a licensee of third rate product ideas.
>
> The death of HD-DVD is another lethal wound for Microsoft's dying
> empire.
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> http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/02/21/lessons-from-the-death-of-hd-dvd/
>
The demise of Microsoft looks like it's getting closer all the time!
This article is extremely well written, excellent.
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