My point wasn’t to show that Apple is better than Microsoft because that’s like trying to compare Apples to oranges . I’m merely trying to point out that Microsoft is suffering with their new products and that continuing on the same path will not save them. Microsoft had flown so high in the past, though, that they have a long fall before it’s too late to find it’s parachute.

Microsoft have put out some good software over the years, but they’ve never innovated. Their biggest claim to creating a niche was actually IBM’s biggest gaffe in the early 80s. These days they are collapsing under the weight of their own beauracracy, but even without that, they’re strength has always been business and positioning, not innovation. They won’t succeed by moving away from their core competencies at this late stage. If thousands of younger and hipper companies can’t be Apple, how the hell is Microsoft gonna have any chance.

My point wasn’t to show that Apple is better than Microsoft because that’s like trying to compare Apples to oranges . I’m merely trying to point out that Microsoft is suffering with their new products and that continuing on the same path will not save them. Microsoft had flown so high in the past, though, that they have a long fall before it’s too late to find it’s parachute.

Microsoft have put out some good software over the years, but they’ve never innovated. Their biggest claim to creating a niche was actually IBM’s biggest gaffe in the early 80s. These days they are collapsing under the weight of their own beauracracy, but even without that, they’re strength has always been business and positioning, not innovation. They won’t succeed by moving away from their core competencies at this late stage. If thousands of younger and hipper companies can’t be Apple, how the hell is Microsoft gonna have any chance.