[Info-vax] Some good news !

[johnwallace4 at yahoo.co.uk]

On Apr 23, 11:49 pm, Arne Vajhøj <a... at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
> VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> > In article <00395a73$0$14686$c3e8... at news.astraweb.com>, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spam... 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

People also used to think there was no way that General Motors would
ever go bust. Want to bet they'll still be around in 12 months?

What's the difference between them five or ten years ago and Microsoft
now?