Comments on: Why Microsoft Should Abandon Its Monopoly Ideology and Restructure Itself http://www.michiknows.com/2007/05/02/why-microsoft-should-abandon-its-monopoly-ideology-and-restructure-itself/ Insights on the IT world by Michi Kono Sun, 05 Sep 2010 12:41:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: RG http://www.michiknows.com/2007/05/02/why-microsoft-should-abandon-its-monopoly-ideology-and-restructure-itself/#comment-3222 RG Tue, 29 May 2007 08:56:05 +0000 http://www.michiknows.com/2007/05/02/why-microsoft-should-abandon-its-monopoly-ideology-and-restructure-itself/#comment-3222 "Live by the sword, die by the sword." Even users can't wait for the day MS market position starts to wane. Most folks I know would dump IE in a heartbeat if it were not for ActiveX. By continuing to be stubborn, it generates resentment. You should take Balmer's job. Certainly you'll be infinitely more stable.. not to mention market savvy. (Michi head grows..) “Live by the sword, die by the sword.”
Even users can’t wait for the day MS market position starts to wane.
Most folks I know would dump IE in a heartbeat if it were not for ActiveX. By continuing to be stubborn, it generates resentment.

You should take Balmer’s job. Certainly you’ll be infinitely more stable.. not to mention market savvy. (Michi head grows..)

]]> By: Michi Knows - Here’s a Dumb Idea: Sell Yahoo! to Microsoft http://www.michiknows.com/2007/05/02/why-microsoft-should-abandon-its-monopoly-ideology-and-restructure-itself/#comment-2258 Michi Knows - Here’s a Dumb Idea: Sell Yahoo! to Microsoft Fri, 04 May 2007 19:03:38 +0000 http://www.michiknows.com/2007/05/02/why-microsoft-should-abandon-its-monopoly-ideology-and-restructure-itself/#comment-2258 [...] This is because Yahoo!, unlike Microsoft, likes things like open web standards that decrease their costs and development time. They prefer information exchange and open collaboration since they use and appreciate the open source model. In all honesty, they probably hate IE as much as any other web developer for its absolutely horrible web standards support (makes it really hard to make cool web pages). Microsoft, on the other hand, sees the entire web as a threat to its Office and operating system monopoly. Thus, Microsoft sticks to its proprietary guns in an effort to keep the web standards splintered. By keeping web standards in limbo, they are able to keep the web “IE vs everybody else”, A.K.A., “Buy Microsoft or get screwed.” Many of their web properties have only medeocre support for non-IE browsers - a direct result of this closed source culture. [...] [...] This is because Yahoo!, unlike Microsoft, likes things like open web standards that decrease their costs and development time. They prefer information exchange and open collaboration since they use and appreciate the open source model. In all honesty, they probably hate IE as much as any other web developer for its absolutely horrible web standards support (makes it really hard to make cool web pages). Microsoft, on the other hand, sees the entire web as a threat to its Office and operating system monopoly. Thus, Microsoft sticks to its proprietary guns in an effort to keep the web standards splintered. By keeping web standards in limbo, they are able to keep the web “IE vs everybody else”, A.K.A., “Buy Microsoft or get screwed.” Many of their web properties have only medeocre support for non-IE browsers – a direct result of this closed source culture. [...]

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