[Info-vax] Some good news !

[Arne Vajhøj]

johnwallace4 at yahoo.co.uk wrote:
> 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.
> 
> 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?

Look at it this way: how large a fraction of all the companies in
the world has tried to have a year where profit was down 31% or more?
My guess: almost all. Well - practically any company could go
bankrupt in 10 years. But until there are something substantial
saying that it will, then it is just wishful thinking.

Arne