Comments on: Microsoft still a dangerous monopoly? http://www.webpublishingblog.com/microsoft-still-a-dangerous-monopoly.htm Internet publishing, a multidisciplinary approach. Sat, 30 Aug 2008 08:44:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Joanne http://www.webpublishingblog.com/microsoft-still-a-dangerous-monopoly.htm#comment-102061 Joanne Sat, 17 Nov 2007 01:37:22 +0000 http://www.webpublishingblog.com/microsoft-still-a-dangerous-monopoly.htm#comment-102061 I think it's high time Microsoft got put in it's place.There getting to big for their britches. They think they own the net.One may have to have the disc to start off with but one can use other means of working on the net. They have problems they can't handle.One has to go through how many things before they get to whom they need to discuss the problem and even then it's a hassle. What's this what's that.You need a path for this and that.What's the error.None of this are this problem.You need support and it's going to cost you.Bull to that.You have the disc put it's not a real microsoft one there for you pay. I think it’s high time Microsoft got put in it’s place.There getting to big for their britches.
They think they own the net.One may have to have the disc to start off with but one can use other means of working on the net.
They have problems they can’t handle.One has to go through how many things before they get to whom they need to discuss the problem and even then it’s a hassle.
What’s this what’s that.You need a path for this and that.What’s the error.None of this are this problem.You need support and it’s going to cost you.Bull to that.You have the disc put it’s not a real microsoft one there for you pay.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.webpublishingblog.com/microsoft-still-a-dangerous-monopoly.htm#comment-91429 Andrew Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:04:05 +0000 http://www.webpublishingblog.com/microsoft-still-a-dangerous-monopoly.htm#comment-91429 Given what Microsoft's stock did today I feel like an idiot for writing this post! But thats why I am not a stock trader ;) I don't think Microsoft will go extinct, but like you say middle of the pack. Still, thats not a dangerous monopoly. Given what Microsoft’s stock did today I feel like an idiot for writing this post! But thats why I am not a stock trader ;)

I don’t think Microsoft will go extinct, but like you say middle of the pack. Still, thats not a dangerous monopoly.

]]> By: Stanley http://www.webpublishingblog.com/microsoft-still-a-dangerous-monopoly.htm#comment-91248 Stanley Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:19:34 +0000 http://www.webpublishingblog.com/microsoft-still-a-dangerous-monopoly.htm#comment-91248 The desktop "monopoly" is maintained primarily through file formats. Microsoft understands that wholeheartedly, which is why they're putting so much time and effort making sure their OOXML format gets ratified worldwide. Should they lose the file format war, they'll find it exceptionally difficult to maintain that 90% market share. On the other hand, I don't personally believe that Linux is ready for prime time. Have you ever tried installing a sound driver, only to find out there's 24 missing dependencies? As for the struggle between Apache & IIS, the numbers mentioned by Andreas represent the millions of parked domains that are run on IIS. Microsoft recently brokered a deal with GoDaddy to ensure all of their parked domains are run on IIS instead of Apache. So in practice, IIS is not gaining marketing share on Apache. Not to mention lighttpd has also been gaining ground. Lastly, it was folly of Microsoft to clamp down on piracy in developing nations. It's much easier for those nations to switch to open source alternatives than to deal with Microsoft's inconvenient copyright protection. The "guilty until proven innocent" approach is going to backfire on them in the long run. The desktop “monopoly” is maintained primarily through file formats. Microsoft understands that wholeheartedly, which is why they’re putting so much time and effort making sure their OOXML format gets ratified worldwide.
Should they lose the file format war, they’ll find it exceptionally difficult to maintain that 90% market share.

On the other hand, I don’t personally believe that Linux is ready for prime time. Have you ever tried installing a sound driver, only to find out there’s 24 missing dependencies?

As for the struggle between Apache & IIS, the numbers mentioned by Andreas represent the millions of parked domains that are run on IIS. Microsoft recently brokered a deal with GoDaddy to ensure all of their parked domains are run on IIS instead of Apache.
So in practice, IIS is not gaining marketing share on Apache. Not to mention lighttpd has also been gaining ground.

Lastly, it was folly of Microsoft to clamp down on piracy in developing nations. It’s much easier for those nations to switch to open source alternatives than to deal with Microsoft’s inconvenient copyright protection. The “guilty until proven innocent” approach is going to backfire on them in the long run.

]]> By: Marc http://www.webpublishingblog.com/microsoft-still-a-dangerous-monopoly.htm#comment-89795 Marc Sat, 20 Oct 2007 00:13:38 +0000 http://www.webpublishingblog.com/microsoft-still-a-dangerous-monopoly.htm#comment-89795 Andrew's points are well taken. MS is in a very precarious position because at the moment they have these monopolies on OS and office apps, but everyone in the industry can see these being totally demolished over the next few years and MS hasn't done anything to prove to anyone that they can hold onto these. MS is going to be slaughtered over the next couple of years and their bones will be picked over by hundreds of small competitors. In a decade they'll emerge as an also ran in the middle of the pack. Grim outlook, but I think that forces already in play have so much inertia, it can't be stopped. Andrew’s points are well taken. MS is in a very precarious position because at the moment they have these monopolies on OS and office apps, but everyone in the industry can see these being totally demolished over the next few years and MS hasn’t done anything to prove to anyone that they can hold onto these.

MS is going to be slaughtered over the next couple of years and their bones will be picked over by hundreds of small competitors. In a decade they’ll emerge as an also ran in the middle of the pack.

Grim outlook, but I think that forces already in play have so much inertia, it can’t be stopped.

]]> By: Andreas http://www.webpublishingblog.com/microsoft-still-a-dangerous-monopoly.htm#comment-89746 Andreas Fri, 19 Oct 2007 19:47:55 +0000 http://www.webpublishingblog.com/microsoft-still-a-dangerous-monopoly.htm#comment-89746 Lots of people underestimate Microsoft and their Webserver. IIS6 is a rusty and old Webserver, they stopped developing it a long time ago. The release of Windows 2008 Server together with IIS7 is a very big improvement and a new world for ASP.NET Developers, though, even PHP developers (see Zend cooperating with MS for build in fast-cgi PHP support: joeon.net/archive/2007/10/10/Microsoft-and-Zend-taking-PHP-on-Windows-to-the-next.aspx)! Right now IIS6 is already gaining on Apache -- blogs.techrepublic.com.com/networking/?p=307 and IIS7 has way better chances to improve this even more due to rich features. More and more people choose ASP.NET for professional websites over php already as it's way more productive and with IIS7 ASP.NET is finally getting very powerful and speedy rewriting features out of the box which was the big missing point as you had to use custom solutions for that. My dedicated Servers are 50% Linux and 50% Windows 2003 Server at the moment, for myself I predict 90% Windows 2008 Server and 10% Linux some months after the w2k8 release. I almost sound like a MS Fanboy huh? Lots of people underestimate Microsoft and their Webserver. IIS6 is a rusty and old Webserver, they stopped developing it a long time ago.

The release of Windows 2008 Server together with IIS7 is a very big improvement and a new world for ASP.NET Developers, though, even PHP developers (see Zend cooperating with MS for build in fast-cgi PHP support: joeon.net/archive/2007/10/10/Microsoft-and-Zend-taking-PHP-on-Windows-to-the-next.aspx)!

Right now IIS6 is already gaining on Apache — blogs.techrepublic.com.com/networking/?p=307 and IIS7 has way better chances to improve this even more due to rich features.

More and more people choose ASP.NET for professional websites over php already as it’s way more productive and with IIS7 ASP.NET is finally getting very powerful and speedy rewriting features out of the box which was the big missing point as you had to use custom solutions for that.

My dedicated Servers are 50% Linux and 50% Windows 2003 Server at the moment, for myself I predict 90% Windows 2008 Server and 10% Linux some months after the w2k8 release.

I almost sound like a MS Fanboy huh?

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