Psychology of Technology: Microsoft Has Lost Its Mojo: An Open Letter to Bill Gates
Dear Bill,
I know you’ve been retired from Microsoft’s day-to-day operations for about a year now and Steve B. is running the show, but you are still Chairman of the Board and the public identity of Microsoft. That’s why I’m writing you, Bill, because Microsoft is still your company and it needs you. Think modified Pottery Barn rule: you own it, you broke it, you fix it.
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Chris L LOL @ the commenter on the site that said Windows 7 is like “Vista SP3″. They obviously haven’t used it. My laptop and my wife’s laptop both have the Final version of Windows 7, and it’s wonderful. I’ve been using it since the BETA leaked out very early this year and I couldn’t be happier!
Great article though. I think that MS is coming around a bit, they have the pending public release of Windows 7, The Zune HD, and Windows Mobile 6.5 & 7 beyond it. XBox 360 is selling well, and the upcoming Natal project will bring even more business to their gaming market. They still operate foremost as a business supplier – their license business model makes them all the money. They don’t make much money off the software itself, it’s the businesses or bulk OEM license purchases that make them the money. Everything else is a secondary model that they get to when they have the time.
i wouldn’t worry about microsoft. the way i see it, they’re not going anywhere for a while. while google might try to become some form of competition, people will still be using google software on a pc, running windows. and if it doesn’t run windows, it did at some point, and that license was paid for. thats only one small aspect of how ms gets their money.