Gentlemen, MSFT's fluke can not be repeated for many reasons. In one sense the evolution and history of the human race is a good manifestation of why some of the greatest species, civilizations and conglomerates have faded away. Owing to the speed of change in this Technotronic Era we will more than likely never see one entity dominate a market in the same way as MSFT did in the past. At the current pace of innovation companies will rise and fall within our own generation and I wouldn't be surprised if MSFT was non existent in 20 years from now.
CJ and Gary incessantly like to remind us of MSFT's financial wherewithal, but they make one fatal mistake in their reasoning, MSFT is not taking on PALM or any other company alone, an entire army of companies are supporting the PALM, not for the sake of PALM but only to prevent a repeat of the ramifications associated with the PC era. For MSFT to defeat the PALM they will need to defeat the likes of IBM, SUNW, ORCL, AOL, NOK, SONY, MOT and a whole slew of other companies, that is why MSFT is doomed. The best they can hope for is to survive with a small share of the market. |
