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To: tejek who wrote (485990)	6/5/2009 1:21:37 PM
From: TopCat	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575555

"MSFT is doing much more than surviving. If you disagree, take a gander at their balance sheet." If GM had taken action to remain competitive when their balance sheet still looked good they may have avoided the problems they have now.

To: tejek who wrote (485990)	6/5/2009 2:40:08 PM
From: i-node	Respond to of 1575555

>> MSFT is doing much more than surviving. If you disagree, take a gander at their balance sheet. Their balance sheet has been very strong for a very long time. But their balance sheet has been bolstered by sales of OEM operating systems on new PCs giving them piece of the action on every new PC sold. This is threatened going forward. In the past, whenever someone went head to head with MSFT, MSFT gobbled them up -- either through unfair trade practices or by just buying them out. The proliferation of Netbooks changes all this. OEMs are looking for a cheaper alternative to Windows, and they're finding it. Some are Linux, but the big news is that Google's Android is making the jump from phones to netbooks. It is highly likely, I think, to become the OS of choice on new PCs, and this could happen quickly. Nobody needs Windows.