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nanarchy on 02 December 2013
kowenicki said:
Bladeforce said:

I am not surprised who wrote this story at all. Kowenicki is Microsofts PR man? The slight increase is down to one thing Ballsup retiring, says much about the damage he has done to the company. They are being attacked from all angles. This man single handedly got the OS share for windows down from 95% to 20% (not desktop share before the fanboys complain, TOTAL OS share), laughed at the iphone as a non device, claimed Linux is a cancer which it now cant do anything against the openness of it. This man has thrown billions away in different markets (xbox, bing, windows phone) for very little gain. It is not surprising the investors in Microsoft wanted his head and are now making a line for Billy Boy Gates to leave the board too. The Office suite is being held up by a subscription model that they keep hiring the prices, they have alienated gamers, desktop users and programmers worldwide. All this article shows me is how their subscription model based on second rate software is on the verge of collapse. Would even a Microsoft fanboy have dreamt of Microsoft products being on other systems? The cellular division was, coveniently, hidden behind the trolling of patents with Android, their cellular makes nothing, zero. Their tablets are a flop, yes it is no wonder markets say sell and investors want heads

this is brilliant.  jesus.

It would be funny if it wasn't so sad. It is amazing how some fanboys are so resentful and full of spite they try to twist anything into a negative. Lets ignore the fact MS have massively grown market share and profit under balmer or that in the enterprise space they have become unbiqutious in much the way IBM used to be and are one of the leaders in the cloud space too. You can find negatives around any CEO or company, thankfully for MS the positives far outweigh the negatives.



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justinian on 02 December 2013
Bladeforce said:

I am not surprised who wrote this story at all. Kowenicki is Microsofts PR man? The slight increase is down to one thing Ballsup retiring, says much about the damage he has done to the company. They are being attacked from all angles. This man single handedly got the OS share for windows down from 95% to 20% (not desktop share before the fanboys complain, TOTAL OS share), laughed at the iphone as a non device, claimed Linux is a cancer which it now cant do anything against the openness of it. This man has thrown billions away in different markets (xbox, bing, windows phone) for very little gain. It is not surprising the investors in Microsoft wanted his head and are now making a line for Billy Boy Gates to leave the board too. The Office suite is being held up by a subscription model that they keep hiring the prices, they have alienated gamers, desktop users and programmers worldwide. All this article shows me is how their subscription model based on second rate software is on the verge of collapse. Would even a Microsoft fanboy have dreamt of Microsoft products being on other systems? The cellular division was, coveniently, hidden behind the trolling of patents with Android, their cellular makes nothing, zero. Their tablets are a flop, yes it is no wonder markets say sell and investors want heads

Dude you need to learn to use paragraphs.

You are right on some counts. Ballmer leaving is what the investers wanted and they got their wish. The market reacted. This was actually discussed on the financial news and the analyst agrees with you to a point.

From a gaming perspective this is bad news because some investers also want rid of the xbox brand were heavy losses are covered by Android patents etc.,

All the top names mentioned to replace Ballmer don't come across as xbox friendly.

On a personal note I think Ballmer did a fine job. But as you said they want rid of him and Gates and seem set on going a totally different path.

MS is a strong comapany however with more than enough resources to see it progress in phones, tablets etc.,

 



Colltrain on 02 December 2013

It is moments like these where I love being on the Microsoft bandwagon! From my Windows phone, Laptop with 8.1, Xbox 360 and Xbox one, Microsoft Office etc Microsoft are in amazing shape.

Keep it up and continue to innovate - New CEO please do not ditch Xbox



 

MoHasanie on 02 December 2013

Wow that is extremely impressive. I haven't followed the share price in a few months but its way up from the last time I checked. It usually falls though when they announce their quarterly results.



    

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Nsanity on 03 December 2013
Seece said:
Just imagine when Windows 9 launches, it's due to be the 'good' OS.

Xbox One needs a price cut and Windows Phone needs to just keep doing its thing.

Nobody can deny the future looks bright if Microsoft play their cards right, they know what they have to do.

Wasn't the same said about Windows 8?



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man-bear-pig on 03 December 2013
Pjams said:

And 95% of this is meaningless, unless you really, really like to go on websites and tell everyone how awesome your new windows phone and tablet are

Do a decade long market share comparing google, Microsoft and apple. Or shut the fuck up

 


What the actual fuck..

Aaaanyway, nice! Now they just need to get their Xbox divisions shit together



My prediction threads:

Wii U will sell under 40m units (made on 14th September 2012)

PS Vita will sell under 20m units (made on 30th September 2012)

Wii U will sell under 7m in 2013 - I was right

Halo 4 first 9 weeks sales prediction

PS4 to be down YOY in 2015

Seece on 03 December 2013
Nsanity said:
Seece said:
Just imagine when Windows 9 launches, it's due to be the 'good' OS.

Xbox One needs a price cut and Windows Phone needs to just keep doing its thing.

Nobody can deny the future looks bright if Microsoft play their cards right, they know what they have to do.

Wasn't the same said about Windows 8?

No?

XP - good
Vista - bad
7 - good
8 - bad
9 - good



 

DamnTastic on 03 December 2013
kowenicki said:

Only invest in what you know.  I know Microsoft.

indeed. I just bought AMD last week.

And made some nice money with sony this year



DamnTastic on 03 December 2013
TheLastStarFighter said:
I just sold my Nintendo stock at a nice profit. I may dump some cash into MSFT... the stock may rise further with a new CEO. The big question is whether it is a "value" right now. I like undervalued stock. I think MSFT is a a solid, money making company. I just don't know if the share price should be higher.

If you like undervalued stocks take a look at AMD ;)



ManusJustus on 03 December 2013

Nice return.

I'm afraid to invest in technology companies myself. Seems like fads come and go, companies can be kings one day and paupers the next, or vise versa.