[Info-vax] Maybe a bit OT, maybe not.. in any case an interesting article

[John Wallace]

On May 14, 2:35 pm, koeh... at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob
Koehler) wrote:
> In article <joo1u9$em... at solani.org>, Michael Kraemer <M.Krae... at gsi.de> writes:
>
> > So when can we expect M$ to go away?
>
>      M$ is slipping.  But not very fast ,and they have a long way to go.
>    The day will come.

It's not that long ago that people were saying things like "Nokia is
slipping.  But not very fast ,and they have a long way to go."

Now look where they have ended up (and who has led them there).

What stops something similar happening to MS in the retail market
three years from now, and in the corporates a little later? Obviously
it may NOT happen, but...

(That's the short version of my earlier essay).