Is Microsoft losing their edge to competitors?

[Fei-Hung]

1) I am not a fanboy. Anyone claiming I am is being nothing short of judgmental and spiteful.

2) I never mentioned Windows 95. I gave a general overview of MS as a company from my standpoint. I didn't state everything I am writing is factual, but expressed my point of view.

3) I have nothing against MS nor do I favor the Sony brand.

4) Bill Gates is not the richest man anymore (he is giving away majority of his fortune to charity). The arabs oil sheikhs are worth more then Bill Gates. E.g. The Sheikh family who bought Man City is worth about a trillion.

5) I never said MS are going bankrupt. I said they are losing their edge. there is a big difference in your interpretation and what I actually wrote.

6) Having jokes in an article is not forbidden. It's the lack of humor that should be questioned.

7) Some of you totally missed the point of the article. The idea was to make it easy to read not to fill it with jargon that most people won't understand. I don't get paid to write on here as you can imagine, so I won't be sat here researching and revising hard facts and making notes to quench the thirst of MS fanboys or Sony fanboys. It is meant to be a simple easy read and it shouldn't be taken as anything more then that.

8) 5% may be a small percentage, but convert it into actual numbers and tell me the numbers are still small. No company wishes to lose 5% of their business. If you were a shareholder in a company, would you like your companies shares to drop 5%? If the interest rate on your credit card or mortgage increased by 5% would you consider it small? Suddenly 5% isn't a small number anymore. You need to look at the 5% in context.

9) As for the 360 and PS3 arguments; I didn't say the PS3 was successful, but I mentioned that possible threats it may give to the 360 and how the 360 could have made the console more profitable had it not been for the mentioned facts. A problem is still a problem until it is solved. No one in this forum can disagree with this fact and as long as the problem still exists (which it does), it is worth considering and looking into before it gets worse.

10) If the online issue wasn't such a big deal, why is it MS themselves spoke about it as a "problem" during a documentary screened on BBC? Why is it they have tried to buy out Yahoo if it isn't such a problem? Why would they even care if it weren't a problem? just because IE is the most successful browser at present time doesn't mean competition can be ignored, nor does it mean they are not a problem (please note that a problem can be something other then losing money e.g. health).

11) Anyone claiming I am bashing MS has clearly misinterpreted the thread. How can an article which compliments a company for it's good and bad points be MS bashing? Considering the topic was a question not a statement; followed by a jist of what MS has done; both good and bad proves the thread is not about MS bashing but trying to understand where things may have gone wrong or possibly why. e.g. Why has PS3 not done as well with the PS2 this gen? If i were to list the facts or generally spoken about arguments, would that mean I am Sony bashing? The logical answer is "no". Therefore the only conclusion to anyone calling someone a MS basher if such a topic is raised; it is the the person who calls someone a "basher" who is the actual basher.

12) Rather then not answering the question posed in the thread and calling people "bashers", and if one knows the facts as well as they claim to know, wouldn't it be more sensible to actually answer the question then to avoid it all together? Considering the thread has clearly stated for individuals to come to their own conclusions (what fanboy/ MS basher would allow such a thing?), wouldn't it be more sensible to use this offer to raise your points of view and state your opinions (after all, this is what the thread is asking for).

13) Try not getting too worked up over a thread, psychologically it doesn't benefit anyone, nor does it add to the discussion in the topic in any intellectual way, shape or form.