The Soul of A New Microsoft

BusinessWeek Online is running a front page story today about the new future of Microsoft. By 'looking beyond Windows', the company is utilizing fresh blood to come up with new products like the Zune, the Xbox 360, and various online sites. While the Zune probably isn't getting off to as successful a start as they might have liked, the article argues it's a positive sign that they're at least making the attempt. From the article: "The point is that Microsoft needs to find its un-Vista. Several of them, in fact. The software giant is entering perhaps the greatest upheaval in its 30-year history. New business models are emerging--from low-cost "open-source" software to advertising-supported Web services--that threaten Microsoft's core business like never before. For investors to care about the company, it needs to find new growth markets. Its $44.3 billion in annual sales are puttering along at an 11% growth pace. Its shares, which soared 9,560% throughout the 1990s, sunk 63% in 2000 when the Internet bubble burst, and they have yet to fully recover."

Factoid

[Frosty Piss]

Factoid: Microsoft owns the domains www. anti zune.com / net / org. But they do not own www.zune.com.

Re:In Todays News..

[$RANDOMLUSER]

> Microsoft ponders acquisition of a Soul

I always thought they were into stealing souls.

Re:Stories like this are perennial.

[SeaFox]

You forgot the upheaval to make security a top priority.

Aren't these all

[Colin Smith]

Just innovative ways of making a loss?

 

Re:In Todays News..

[Headcase88]

Damn those EULAs!

Re:Percent confusion

[bmajik]

As a resident of North Dakota, I take pleasure in frequently reminding those with disparaging remarks about ND of two "interesting" factoids:

- ND has a sizeable portion of the worlds wheat
- ND has a sizeable portion of the worlds nuclear weapons

Oddly enough, MS has a development office in ND and employs around 1100 people here. None of them work on wheat or nuke distribution, to my knowledge :)

Re:The Name is "Gary Kildall".

[soft_guy]

Microsoft is currently busy Zuning themselves to death because of iPod envy.

Re:The name actually is "Tim Paterson".

[C0rinthian]

There is no moral or legal president (and never will be)

I'm amazed noone caught this politically charged typo.