Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Thu Mar 7 12:57:04 CST 2013
Microsoft is much too big of player to be counted out. They are going to have to take a back seat for a while and remake themselves much like the unstoppable IBM has done. I think they should consider few options. 1. Maybe they should separate OS versions into various types. depending on what type of platform and hardware. 2. Maybe concentrate on specific environments like the Cloud. 3. Realize that they can not be all things to all people all at the same time. 4. Allow third-party OSs and products to integrate better. Change the attitude that all their competition must lose for them to succeed. 5. Have long-term strategies for specific products rather than build and dump products on a whim. 6. Work closer with the people that develop their products. Outside developers built their company and those same developers can dump their company if they are not being treated right. Look no further than Oracle for a good example of building Tech loyalty. 7. Lose the attitude that they are number one and deserve to be so. Start listening more to their supporters or they wouldn't have many. Picking any option from this list and following through on it will help in Microsoft's recovery. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 5:46 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Beating a dead horse? Unless it finds a home in the tablet and is favored by the corporate world who have been in the Microsoft desktop world for 25 years. The article seems to say that W8 will fail on the desk/laptop . Probably. But reasons 1, 2, 3, 4 all relate to the PC world - a world we know has declining sales. But what if over the next few years, people abandon their desk/laptops because they don't need them. They need mobility more - communications, web browsing, the cloud, information. So they'll be carrying tablets instead of laptops and netbooks. I wouldn't count them out yet. R -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 5:22 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: [dba-Tech] Beating a dead horse? Yes, we are probably beating a dead horse. It seems to all the proponents of computer industry are giving Win8 a thumbs down and they are relentless. http://www.zdnet.com/five-reasons-why-windows-8-has-failed-7000012104/ My personal feeling is as soon as Microsoft can cut their bleeding and move on with another more acceptable product the better it will be for the company. I never thought I could ever feel sorry for Microsoft, even slightly but I do...I can hardly stand to watch their Windows product lines committing slow and an excruciating painful suicide in public. How very far the great has fallen. OTOH, who knows, maybe if MS sticks to the product long enough or re-markets it there just might be a turn around but it will hardly be a rapid event. Jim _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com