Originally Posted by Rinaldo

I read the article in Forbes.
Steve Ballmer is holding shit together as best he can, however they're relying on profits from their oldest products. Their last 20 or so products have all failed and they have had their worst 3 years.

I find it interesting that a free company such as Google that basically gives everything but advertisements away for free is threatening a 100 + billion dollar company.
You figure in 5 years at the rate google is going, and with 3 -10 more companies tagging along and following their model that Microsoft can stay on top?

I don't. However I am optimistic and I give them a little more credit than that. I beleive they'll restructure and wait to pounce again, if that fails they'll either resort to law suits and tie things up in court, or they'll just copy the competition.