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I wonder if Microsoft is as irrelevant as people claim it to be. Bing is gaining share, windows 7 sales are good and the experience of users is good as well. a new phone system is on the pipeline, and they still completely dominate business.

This fight is a huge importunity for Microsoft, bring something new while the other spend their time in courts and media frenzy pushback

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It's true, they've still got massive market-share and piles of cash. If you're competing in the enterprise software space, they're a major contender.

However, it used to be that every new technology venture had to consider 'the Microsoft problem'. As in, 'How do we avoid getting squashed by Microsoft?' That's simply not true anymore. When was the last time you heard someone seriously discussing Microsoft as a competitive threat?

Outside of games, operating systems, and office suites, MS has been largely de-fanged. Unless they turn things around, they're going to turn into another Oracle. Big, but not a powerful force outside their narrow domain.

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