Competition or a changing market can hasten the axe
Employees aren't the only victims of Microsoft Corp.'s declining profits, as the company has killed, frozen or spun out 13 software and Web services since last fall, according to a report released Monday.
Matt Rosoff, of the independent analyst firm, Directions on Microsoft, said more product cancellations are likely "as Microsoft continues to reduce costs."
Potential victims include products that overlap with others inside Microsoft but have less internal executive support, wrote Rosoff.
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Employees aren't the only victims of Microsoft Corp.'s declining profits, as the company has killed, frozen or spun out 13 software and Web services since last fall, according to a report released Monday.
Matt Rosoff, of the independent analyst firm, Directions on Microsoft, said more product cancellations are likely "as Microsoft continues to reduce costs."
Potential victims include products that overlap with others inside Microsoft but have less internal executive support, wrote Rosoff.
More; http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9133769
