William T Goodall wrote:
Microsoft attained its dominant position in the personal computer
software business through
1) Luck
2) Illegal business practices
3) The mistakes of its competitors
and since
a) Luck eventually runs out
b) Microsoft is now closely scrutinised to ensure it doesn't break
the law anymore
c) The competition has wised up
Microsoft's position can only decline from now.
Microsoft may yet have another life if it manages to dominate the living
room in the way it has done the office. Sales between Thanksgiving and
Christmas of Media Centre edition PCs in the US have been staggering.
It's not that MS get that much more for the Media Centre version of
Windows (they do, of course) but the stake being claimed in the living
room. Once Xbox360 takes that next step into people's home lives, it may
be that they have got far enough. Sony's devices are better, Apple's
10foot interface is better, but it's the Microsoft stuff people will
have, so it is Microsoft that the content providers will have to deal with.
Rather than breaking the law, they will just ensure that DRM laws etc
benefit them in the first place...
Cheers
Russell C.
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