http://www.tonybove.com/getoffmicrosoft/blog/?p=68 How to get off, where to get off, and why you should stay off Microsoft, with news and tips on alternatives Tue, 09 Oct 2007 20:04:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 http://www.tonybove.com/getoffmicrosoft/blog/?p=68#comment-58230 Sat, 27 Jan 2007 21:15:50 +0000 http://www.tonybove.com/getoffmicrosoft/blog/?p=68#comment-58230 [...] As I pointed out in a previous blog entry, if Microsoft would start from scratch and redirect its energy into Web services, the strategy would at first put Office out of business, but it also would shore up Microsoft as a company that delivers the best, most innovative solutions. Microsoft is coming from behind in the Web services markets for business and especially for consumers, where it is also lagging in the competition for online advertising. Todd Lowenstein, a co-portfolio manager for HighMark Capital Management’s Value Momentum Fund who holds shares of Microsoft, was quoted in the Reuters report: If you look at Microsoft historically, it’s usually had a second-mover advantage. Microsoft hasn’t really been the one to innovate, but to copy and then leapfrog the first mover and that’s been the company’s modus operandi. Microsoft must feel threatened and it wants to draw a line in the sand. The jury’s still out on whether that makes good economic sense. [...] […] As I pointed out in a previous blog entry, if Microsoft would start from scratch and redirect its energy into Web services, the strategy would at first put Office out of business, but it also would shore up Microsoft as a company that delivers the best, most innovative solutions. Microsoft is coming from behind in the Web services markets for business and especially for consumers, where it is also lagging in the competition for online advertising. Todd Lowenstein, a co-portfolio manager for HighMark Capital Management’s Value Momentum Fund who holds shares of Microsoft, was quoted in the Reuters report: If you look at Microsoft historically, it’s usually had a second-mover advantage. Microsoft hasn’t really been the one to innovate, but to copy and then leapfrog the first mover and that’s been the company’s modus operandi. Microsoft must feel threatened and it wants to draw a line in the sand. The jury’s still out on whether that makes good economic sense. […]

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