Is Microsoft losing their edge to competitors?

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@TheBigFatJ: That's what i was essentially meaning. Getting Windows (and office) as standards have created their virtual monopoly.
Few decades back, Apple took the approach to make its own hardware, that used Apples own software, while M$ made only software, that it tried to push to every platform. M$ used the same methods as for example Google or Opera is using today. In reality, Apple never really competed with M$, Apple competed IBM. Apple and M$ came crossways only after the Intel x86 circuitry became standard.
Now the topic title was valid, since M$ is being pressed from number of directions; Servers run on Linux, a number of companies and governmental agencies have found Linuxes being a cheap solution for their office needs, the cross-platform open source software (such as Firefox) and internet based cross-platform services (like Google) are using the same methods as M$ did decades back, the gaming consoles are expanding their functionalities outside games (i'm actually expecting N6 working as an online hub for 3rd parties services) and the mobile phones can do most of the basic functions of a PC.

M$ became success because of its businessmodel (if you have noticed, M$ have never innovated) and after getting the position they have, all they've done is copy and adding competitors functions to Windows, in order to cut down the competition.

@Mendicate: Google can do a lot more than just "grab a share". Google is the biggest threat to M$ at the moment (remember the Yahoo bid) and even more dangerous when M$ is being pressed from number of directions. Now that the x86 is a standard, it's turned as a weakness to M$.

@ahcheng: It looks like that only if you don't look things outside bank account.
If M$ could use it checkbook to put down Apple, Sony or Google, it already would have done it.
Due to different businessmodels, Apple have never really been a threat to M$ and due to different businessmodels, M$ can't do anything to destroy Apple.
M$ tried to compete Google by buying out Yahoo, it failed. Money didn't help.
M$ have tried to compete Sony, it has cost them 6 billion so far and have gained nothing.