Microsoft says bye-bye to Wi-Fi

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I should have qualified "computer-based" markets...

MS feels it is it's God-given right to dominate (thought it was obvious but I guess not).

>>> So where are the MS printers, scanners, digital cameras, hard drives, CD writers, and PDAs? >>>

Too many established competitors and/or MS cannot directly use it's Windows monopoly to dominate. Why create PDA's (the hardware) when it already has accomplices pushing Windows and the MS culture? MS is letting others do it's dirty work here as in many recent on-line music stores.

MS has helped such services become established and offers assistance in utilizing the Windows Media Format (further proprietary propagation) and that is the only reason these stores are presently allowed to exist. When "MS Music" comes on line in all it's glory, these "pusher" partners will at some point be of no further use to MS (they would have already done their job in spreading/establishing WMF) and end up on the "past partners ? new victims" MS scrap pile.

MS = the drug king pin... PDA makers, Windows-only music services, OEMs (Dell, etc) = street level drug pushers... many and expendable when they outlive their usefulness. We'll have to wait and see if the XBox evolves into more of a full-blown computer (productivity (cough), entertainment, etc.) than a dedicated "game machine".

>>> Where's MS brand gasoline, breakfast cereal, motorcycles, and aspirin? >>>

No direct "computer/technology" tie in so not interested (how is Windows going to control which cereal you eat?). MS has tried other markets... did it not start Expedia? (on-line travel booking... still owned full or in part???) MS had it's name on talking stuffed toy bears to get an early start on the brain washing and indoctrination of children. Gates has bought up (hundreds?) of millions of dollars worth of images and art (thru companies such as Corbis) to control future use (soon have to pay Gates/MS to use a DaVinci image?).

>>> For a company with the revenues and profits of MS, it has a far smaller "footprint" than most when it comes to the diversity of products (see IBM, for example). >>>

If so, possibly thru choice of different "markets". IBM isn't into games, MSN-type portal, on-line music store, web mail (as far as I know), talking toys, etc...

>>> It's software, software, software, and the occasional hardware product that might help them sell more software. I doubt if MS went into the WiFi business to "dominate" the market for a commodity item. It was all about making it easier to sell 2nd and 3rd computers in homes. Their miscalculation was that other vendors did their job for them, probably faster than they had guessed. So they dropped out of the market. No big deal. >>>

Yes, MS is into control thru software (and helpers pushing their software/formats) but as analysts has stated since yesterday, WIFI was a money-loser rather than the MS spin of "achieved it's objectives".

Thus I have issues with your previous post which also mirrors the MS PR spin... "It's called FOCUS!" ? "While other companies have floundered by trying to be all things to everybody, MS stays close to their core business, and only makes forays into other business lines when they think it will directly enhance their core business (e.g., Xbox and online services)."

I contend just the opposite... MS tries to be all too many things (computer-wise) and basically leaves it's core business... software.

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