Microsoft Corp Chairman Bill Gates
Yuriko Nakao / Reuters
Monday, May. 19, 2008 By JOSH QUITTNER
If you’ve come to think of your computer as a digital version of a car,
Microsoft is under assault in every direction. That's why Microsoft wants to have Yahoo.How desperate?
This king of software suggested Yahoo for a joint venture that Microsoft woul have position in Yahoo's search business.
Ironically, Microsoft is very vulnerable in this situation.
Why?
Because Bill gates has gone off some where to serve humanity.
Who is there to watch the gate?
With no strategy, google might snatch the search engine.
Microsoft is an empire in rapid decline.
Vista and Windows 7 was a disaster. Then, the market for desktop/ laptop becamse smaller. The internet maniacs are gradually moving from computers to mobiles
Another Giant called "apple mobile" basically ate up microsoft mobile. With iPhone 2.0, the picture does not get pretty.
Microsoft admitted that Microsoft's search biz has stalled: "The fact is that we are not where we want to be in this business yet and we've been in this position longer than we'd all like."
Dear Microsoft here is what you could do..
1. Figure out a way to combat Google. as you promised innovate and disrupt in search. But it is said that even Yahoo Acquistions could be little late.
2. Figure out a way you could survive in the mobile phone industry (Move fast)
3. Think innovatively how to revive the uses of computer rather than mobile phones.
4. Search engine business? Since many say that you guys are a step too late, why don't you do something with your MSN search engine?
5. Good luck !
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