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As a Pocket PC owner, you may have realized Microsoft plays no small part in the OS that is running your device. Be that as it may, it may have never occured to you what would happen if Microsoft starts sliding and the OS goes with it. To address the financial side of this scenario, IT Investor's Journal has penned Has Microsoft peaked?, a foray into the world of stock trading and Microsoft's business strategy. "Microsoft Corp.'s business ambitions have never wavered. Microsoft was founded in 1978, went public in 1987, and has since grown to become the world's largest technology company and one of the world's largest publicly traded companies. It has as an enormous cash balance of around $55 billion on its balance sheet and 93 percent share of the consumer software market. Investors typically regard MSFT stock as a no-risk investment with a stock price that will keep going up. However, that is not the case.
Yes, Microsoft has a ton of cash on the balance sheet. But it's not balance sheet cash or market share that propels a stock price upward. It's growth. And growth leveled off at Microsoft about 18 months ago, when the company went ex-growth and ex-cash." via ActiveWin
So what do you think? Has Microsoft Peaked?
Microsoft's growth has slowed and expenses have continued to grow. They have announced an initiative to reduce $1 Billion in expenses...across the board.
Another study shows that over 30% of all software in use is pirated or being used without a license.
With this said ... we are now hearing rumblings of economic growth and job growth.... Microsoft has held its own during what many called a recession or stale economic period....
It would be interesting to see someone come along and write an os for the pocket pc that works like it should. I'm not sure how plausible it would be, but it would be cool.
It would be interesting to see someone come along and write an os for the pocket pc that works like it should
That would be nice...but I don't think we would see an influx of applications for that OS like we do with the Windows Mobile Platform. We have seen the Linux OS for the Sharp devices but I don't find that many applications being written for that OS. I think we're stuck with Microsoft for a while.
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"So what do you think? Has Microsoft Peaked? "
I feel like they have but I dont think their downside will be anywhere near as fast as their rise to the top.
They have become the target of all other companies to compete against and eventually they will spend more and more of their cash to stay competitive and maintain all of the different irons that they have in the fire.
I dont care if the PocketPC OS is not fully featured. It helps insure a more active developer community when they arent competing one on one with the big gorilla.
It would be interesting to see someone come along and write an os for the pocket pc that works like it should
That would be nice...but I don't think we would see an influx of applications for that OS like we do with the Windows Mobile Platform. We have seen the Linux OS for the Sharp devices but I don't find that many applications being written for that OS. I think we're stuck with Microsoft for a while.
The thing that most people don't realize, is that the linux used in sharp's default rom is very limited. With the correct setup, you can actually install a full-blown Debian Linux system. With this you can get all the apps on your zaurus that exist for you desktop Debian system because Debian actually pre-compiles apps for all 11 of its supported architectures.
because Debian actually pre-compiles apps for all 11 of its supported architectures.
Now your talkin'
But I see a snag in getting enterprise customers to abandon Ship and deploy Linux handholds by the thousands. It would take some big companies to adopt this in order to give Microsoft a run for it's money.
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