In several markets - such as search, search marketing (i.e. pay per click advertising), web-based applications (i.e. Google Docs or whatever MS calls it), etc., Microsoft has really dropped the ball.
The two things they lack are respect for their competition, and respect for new ideas. The ideas were there, but Microsoft didn't listen. Their competitors did.
Probably the result of Microsoft getting huge and evil and not caring about their customers. They didn't notice that technology was passing them by.
And then there was Google. When you get a lot of smart people working on something and give them a head start, it makes it very difficult for a competitor to catch up. :)
I don't think Yahoo is much better. If the average Yahoo shareholder understood how bad "Panama" is given all the hype it got, they probably would have sued Yahoo by now.
The two things they lack are respect for their competition, and respect for new ideas. The ideas were there, but Microsoft didn't listen. Their competitors did.
Probably the result of Microsoft getting huge and evil and not caring about their customers. They didn't notice that technology was passing them by.
And then there was Google. When you get a lot of smart people working on something and give them a head start, it makes it very difficult for a competitor to catch up. :)
I don't think Yahoo is much better. If the average Yahoo shareholder understood how bad "Panama" is given all the hype it got, they probably would have sued Yahoo by now.