Microsoft Downfall is coming up?
Everyone now is trying to interpret Microsoft proposal to Yahoo, and it is quite obvious that Google has created a huge challenge to Microsoft. Finding new business model that create the same value as Microsoft gave its customers but for free Google is threatening the control Microsoft had on the PC/OS/Office market. Now this all looks very bad for Microsoft along with more coming forces: 1. The Linux for Desktop– After beating Microsoft NT, Linux is implemented in more and more desktops. Still it is an early adapters gig and Linux desktop is around a percent adoption it is maturing well with Ubuntu and Fedora. 2. Mobile computing is a niche that Microsoft is not the only player (like the PC OS) while some of the computing attention is focused there 3. The smaller Laptop a new market segment of cheap laptop with only free software (running Linux). Asus introduced the Eee a small and cheap laptop, now dell and HP are doing the same… 4. Free office op