[Info-vax] Some good news !

[Arne Vajhøj]

VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> In article <00395a73$0$14686$c3e8da3 at news.astraweb.com>, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> writes:
>> Microsoft profits fell by 31% in the last quarter.
> 
> ... while reports have it that Apple's profits bested analyst expectations.

iPhone and iPod has been selling extremely well.

> Could this be the beginning of the end for...
> 
> _M_iscreant
> _I_diot
> _C_oding
> _R_ejects
> _O_utputting
> _S_pecious
> _O_ften
> _F_lawed
> _T_echnology
> 
> Fingers, toes, limbs and even eyes are crossed!

Most likely not the end. They have little debt and are still
making a profit. Not exactly bankruptcy material.

They do have some "challenges":
- they are not good at making money from anything except
   Windows and Office
- the sale of those are strongly dependent on PC sales
- PC sales seems to follow the general economy
- long term they have both business and technological
   problems to resolve (the expectation of gratis software
   and the unsustainable monolithic software architecture
   they use)

But most other companies also have their own challenges.

Arne