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Tapped out upper end?

Until we get to the tail end of the current recession
which could be 12 months or more away, there's no way
to tell if reduced spending is the only cause. One can
argue that Apple products, while at the top of
usability and design, are representative of the
consumer driven culture we've created over the last
10-15 years. In the future, slow economic growth is
going to help ensure a company that provides what
consumers want and need at the right price will have
greater market share gains. As such, this is a good
sign for Linux and Microsoft both. Flaming aside,
these two O/S's do a very good job at providing solid
design and innovation. While Linux is free, creating a
very compelling case, Windows when combined with a
range of hardware choices from low to high-end
provides great value to the customer as well.
Personally, I think M$ will do extremely well if they
do the follow three things:

Deliver an outstanding W7 that corrects all of the
faults of Vista, which from my use over the past year
should not be difficult to do.
Likewise, deliver a highly compelling WM7 release with
strong Zune integration with deeper collaboration on
device design at no more than $250 for a consumer
centric phone.
Start advertising the hell out of their products.

None of these goals should be hard for M$ to deliver
on.

Posted by: jjworleyeoe   Posted on: 12/16/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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