Actually, MSFT has lost a few. Intuit and Stacker come to mind, but there are probably others. Fortunately for them, they didn't have very many eggs in those baskets, so they didn't have a big impact. They've also littered the road with such things as Multiplan, Chart, and assorted other losers.
The big markets to lose would be Windows 95, Word, and maybe Excell and Powerpoint. I doubt whether Access or their other database products amount to much in relative terms, and I don't even think NT brings in that much revenue compared to 95 and the office suite. However, I don't have numbers (do they even release them? -- I doubt it), but just a gut feel. Clearly IE doesn't bring in direct revenues, being free to most.
Most PC's are just communicating typewriters, and that's where the MSFT money is.
JMHO, of course. |
