[News] On Microsoft's Business Model After Loss of $90,000,000,000 in Value

[Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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A prayer for Microsoft

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| Microsoft did not invent proprietary software. It may well benefit from 
| proprietary lock-in, but is not the cause of it, and it's unreasonable to  
| expect Microsoft to unilaterally disarm to the detriment of its shareholders. 
| 
| No, our work is to change the industry, not the behavior of but one of its 
| participants. The place to start (and end?) is patents, which most everyone 
| seems to hate, yet most everyone also seems to continue arming themselves 
| with patents in a mad race to mutually assured destruction. A Cold War, all 
| over again.    
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10000366-16.html


Yesterday:

Microsoft loses 90 Billion Dollars [in less than a year]

http://slated.org/microsoft_loses_90_billion_dollars


Recent:

Microsoft sees slide in profits

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7366106.stm
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