It’s not easy for a company that’s number one in its market to admit that its efforts to spread its dominance to other product segments have not succeeded.
Whenever Microsoft is mentioned, the fact that they own over 90% of the personal computer desktops on the planet often accompanies the reference. That and consistent high profits [...]

I could, I suppose, call myself a prophet for being co-author of a science fiction novel that, in passing, mentioned Bill Gates as devoting the final portion of his life to philanthropy. The initial draft, for example, was actually written before Gates and his wife started that foundation with which to hand out most of [...]

Do you remember the first great browser war era of the last decade? In this corner, there was Netscape, and in the far corner, coming up faster than anyone expected, was Microsoft. At the time, Microsoft actually did a smart thing. They built a better application, so it wasn’t just a matter of tying it [...]