tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813749.post112775399283863277..comments2024-03-24T12:52:31.153+05:30Comments on Shadow Warrior: cnet: microsoft's nightmare?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813749.post-1127755523688250292005-09-26T22:55:00.000+05:302005-09-26T22:55:00.000+05:30" if google can get the web services, on-demand pa..." if google can get the web services, on-demand paradigm going that means nobody will upgrade to the latest and greatest PCs just because microsoft comes out with a new os. that means the end of microsoft's fat cash pile and intel's cushy margins. "<BR/><BR/>This is possible but chances are much less than Google would want us to believe. The internet was supposed to have spelt doom for Microsoft. Oracle had predicted :) Microsofts death with their NetPC. Sun has written many obituaries of Microsoft, so has IBM, and also GNU. I think there is a space for everyone here. Sun/IBM in server side market, Oracle in Databases, and Microsoft on the Desktop/applications side. GNU is everywhere. <BR/>You still need a fully loaded PC, if you want good performance. YOu need a loaded machine to run programs/games/music/movies. You need a machine to use a printer or a scanner. You need to save stuff on a disk. So people will still upgrade, and there are still many people wanting to own PCs, across the world. Today, even a P4/AMD 64 fails to give good speed in an office environment. <BR/><BR/>By the way, Dos, and MS office have been acquired from other companies, but you missed out these - Windows NT series, Visual Studio series, and Win 9x series, maybe fully made by Microsoft.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com