Microsoft is Dead
21 hours ago
- Microsoft's dominance in the software industry ended by the mid-2000s, and it is no longer feared by startups or tech companies.
- Four key factors caused Microsoft's decline: Google's rise as the dominant tech company, the shift to web-based software (Ajax), widespread broadband Internet, and Apple's resurgence with OS X.
- Microsoft's monopoly was inherited from IBM and lasted from the 1950s to 2005, but the era of monopoly may finally be over.
- Microsoft could potentially revive by buying all promising Web 2.0 startups and isolating them from Redmond, but it is unlikely to do so due to its internal culture.