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

[JF Mezei]

With regards to Microsoft.

My gut tells me that Microsoft was really Bill Gates' baby. With him
gone and the company runned by Balmer, my sense is that Microsoft has
lost its sense of ambition and direction and leadership.

My sense is that Microsoft's attempt at re-entering the mobile market
was not driven from within but rather due to external pressure from
shareholders and media asking MS how come it wasn't in the mobile market.

For the desktop, while the statistics are still fairly harsh, don't
discount Apple. Mac laptops are seen everywhere, and more and more, you
see iMacs on desks. (this, despite Steve Jobs despising the
business/enterprise market where his reality distortion field didn't
work so well).


If MS started its downfall after Gates' departure, we'll have to give
Tim Cook a few years to see if he can contition to keep Apple in a
leadership position after Steve Jobs.

Digital's total failure in marketing has made me more aware of the need
to market. And so far, Apple has done a most incredible job of selling
iCubes (ice:-)  to inuit. (eskimos).