a. ofcourse it cannot survive being just an OS vendor;
b. being just an os vendor changed around the year 1991, when linus torvalds said
sw dev should be philanthropy and not biz. nobody can beat free as in "free beer".
c. our dear redhat entered the billion dollar club this year[took 20 years]
d. selling an OS is just a side biz for MS - but which is fortunately making 20
billion/quarter revenue
e. apple sells hw and experience with free ios;
google sells ads thru search with free android/linux.
MS RELIED ON PARTNERS TO BUILD GREAT PC'S and INNOVATE WHICH BOMBED.
f. its core biz is "BUSINESS SOFTWARE" - office, sharepoint, dynamics/crm,
exchange, etc. [ofcourse all of them have good competition which is good]
g. it missed the boat with mobi, but there are atleast 5 future trendz where it is
in: cloud[azure], tablets[win8/nook], livingroom[xbox], apps[skype/office(not on
ipad yet for strategic reasons)]
h. MS good @ 3E
i. it already has a war chest of patents and is constantly
increasing it @ $10Billion/Year; [12000patents] which are sufficient to just live
happily ever after [licensing the stuff]
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