Microsoft's Top Three 2008 Mistakes

As the year winds down, financial analysts are predicting that Microsoft will pre-announce negative earnings for the first time since 2000 because of a flat PC market. But all things considered, 2008 was a pretty good year for the software giant.

Windows is still used on 90 percent of computers and Internet Explorer on 70 percent. Despite growing Web-based competition, Microsoft Office saw 20 percent growth in Q1 of fiscal 2009 and the company's server and tools division grew by 23 percent in Q1 2009.

On top of that, research from NPD Group this week shows that November retail sales for Macs fell 1 percent year over year while Windows PC sales grew 7 percent.

Under new cloud-minded chief software architect Ray Ozzie, Microsoft has been adapting to a changing Web 2.0 world. Cloud computing operating system Windows Azure, Windows Live, Live Mesh and Office Web Apps are a few examples of Microsoft's focused attempts to stay innovative.


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After years of testing and re-testing in my digital lab basement, i have found some very good Operating System and browser alternatives to microsoft.....in conclusion however, try as i may, you just cant top windows!

Only MHO!

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Just my prediction, but unless M$ make IE use software like Tracemonkey, 70% of IE users will drop in 2009 once Firefox 3.1 is release out of beta.

The pure fact that IE is embedded with the OS will ensure its continued success as the worlds most used browser.....( notice i didnt say necessarily the best).

Your average 'Mum and Dad' computer users are not interested in using another browser when IE is so easy to access and lets them see their favourite web page anyway.

I doubt that they even know what a browser is, even though they are using one!

This is a major reason Linux has failed to gain its market share even though its free........Its superior to windows in many ways but its not user friendly for your average computer user.

98% of the worlds keyboards have users behind them that know little about computers other than to click their mouse on the required window so as to open what they want!

Thats why windows will always be the market leader!


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