Comments on: Windows Vista – What will it mean for Microsoft? http://www.pjmconsult.com/index.php/2006/12/windows-vista-what-will-it-mean-for.html General Management and Marketing Advice for Software and Tech Companies Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:42:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Karl Lingenfelder http://www.pjmconsult.com/index.php/2006/12/windows-vista-what-will-it-mean-for.html/comment-page-1#comment-22 Karl Lingenfelder Tue, 02 Jan 2007 11:10:00 +0000 http://www.pjmconsult.com/wordpress/?p=52#comment-22 The Future is going to be MS's to lose along with some nudging by fleeter upstarts.<br /><br />MS should be broken up into small, entrepreneurial units scattered all over the Globe.<br /><br />With everyone and everything converging on the Web, next will be a simple, OS for the PC that is Web and Browser Centric.<br /><br />Firefox OS, anyone? Based on Linux?<br /><br />--- Karl The Future is going to be MS’s to lose along with some nudging by fleeter upstarts.

MS should be broken up into small, entrepreneurial units scattered all over the Globe.

With everyone and everything converging on the Web, next will be a simple, OS for the PC that is Web and Browser Centric.

Firefox OS, anyone? Based on Linux?

— Karl

]]> By: Phil Morettini of PJM Consulting http://www.pjmconsult.com/index.php/2006/12/windows-vista-what-will-it-mean-for.html/comment-page-1#comment-23 Phil Morettini of PJM Consulting Sat, 16 Dec 2006 16:56:00 +0000 http://www.pjmconsult.com/wordpress/?p=52#comment-23 Colm,<br /><br />You make some excellent points. I am in agreement. One thing to consider, though, is that they've basically been following for an awful long time. I don't think this is anything new. The strategy has been to wait to make sure a change is real, then engulf and destroy or swallow the new competitors through sheer force, "taking their lunch" in the process. Colm,

You make some excellent points. I am in agreement. One thing to consider, though, is that they’ve basically been following for an awful long time. I don’t think this is anything new. The strategy has been to wait to make sure a change is real, then engulf and destroy or swallow the new competitors through sheer force, “taking their lunch” in the process.

]]> By: Colm Ryan http://www.pjmconsult.com/index.php/2006/12/windows-vista-what-will-it-mean-for.html/comment-page-1#comment-24 Colm Ryan Sat, 16 Dec 2006 16:30:00 +0000 http://www.pjmconsult.com/wordpress/?p=52#comment-24 Hi Phil, <br /><br />It strikes me that the advantage Microsoft has is that they still are an incumbent in what is still a very conservative market. I can't see the likes of Google or Open Source making huge inroads into Microsoft's sweet-spot enterprise business just yet. Despite all the hype in the market, many enterprise customers are still locked-in to the Microsoft business model.<br /><br />Strategically, I think Microsoft have something of a problem. They are aping their competitors instead of trying to create a separate sense of identity in the market. At a conference recently, a Microsoft executive got very excited about the new changes, but it left most of the people in the audience cold. The consumer and SME battleground will be a much harder fight this time around I think. Hi Phil,

It strikes me that the advantage Microsoft has is that they still are an incumbent in what is still a very conservative market. I can’t see the likes of Google or Open Source making huge inroads into Microsoft’s sweet-spot enterprise business just yet. Despite all the hype in the market, many enterprise customers are still locked-in to the Microsoft business model.

Strategically, I think Microsoft have something of a problem. They are aping their competitors instead of trying to create a separate sense of identity in the market. At a conference recently, a Microsoft executive got very excited about the new changes, but it left most of the people in the audience cold. The consumer and SME battleground will be a much harder fight this time around I think.

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