{"id":19758,"date":"2012-10-09T21:23:28","date_gmt":"2012-10-10T01:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbach.net\/blog\/index.php\/"},"modified":"2021-08-13T15:54:42","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T19:54:42","slug":"the-end-of-microsoft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/the-end-of-microsoft\/","title":{"rendered":"The End of Microsoft?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2014\/09\/04\/steve_ballmer_personally_penned_bsod_text\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-109303\" title=\"The End of Microsoft?\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/steve_ballmer-fists-1.jpg?resize=111%2C83&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The End of Microsoft?\" width=\"111\" height=\"83\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/steve_ballmer-fists-1.jpg?resize=150%2C113&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/steve_ballmer-fists-1.jpg?resize=75%2C56&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/steve_ballmer-fists-1.jpg?w=200&amp;ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 111px) 100vw, 111px\" \/><\/a>The <a title=\"BusinessInsider\" href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>BusinessInsider<\/em><\/a> <a title=\"An Awesome Graphic Showing The Collapse Of The Microsoft-Intel Monopoly\" href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/wintel-monopoly-2012-9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">published<\/a> some awesome charts from <a title=\"Horace Dediu\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220709233022\/http:\/\/www.asymco.com\/people-of-asymco\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Horace Dediu<\/a> of <a title=\"Asymco\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220805211801\/http:\/\/www.asymco.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Asymco<\/a> that shows the collapse of\u00a0<a title=\"Microsoft\" href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Microsoft<\/a> (<a title=\"NASDAQ | MSFT\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/symbols\/NASDAQ-MSFT\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MSFT<\/a>) and\u00a0<a title=\"Intel\" href=\"https:\/\/www.intel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Intel&#8217;s<\/a> (<a title=\"HASDAQ : INTC\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/symbols\/NASDAQ-INTC\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">INTC<\/a>) monopoly in personal computing. <a title=\"Henry Blodget\" href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/author\/henry-blodget\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Henry Blodget<\/a> says the chart shows how <a title=\"Google\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google<\/a>&#8216;s (<a title=\"NASDAQ : GOOG\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/symbols\/NASDAQ-GOOG\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GOOG<\/a>) <a title=\"Android\" href=\"http:\/\/www.android.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Android<\/a> and\u00a0<a title=\"Apple Computers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple<\/a> (<a title=\"NASDAQ : AAPL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/symbols\/NASDAQ-AAPL\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AAPL<\/a>) have successfully eaten into <a title=\"WinTel\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/10221\/wintel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"techopedia noopener noreferrer\">Wintel<\/a>&#8216;s market share. Is it the end of Microsoft?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/wintel-monopoly-2012-9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-109306\" title=\"BI - Share of Personal Computing Platforms\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/wintel-monopoly.jpg?resize=400%2C237&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"BI - Share of Personal Computing Platforms\" width=\"400\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/wintel-monopoly.jpg?resize=150%2C89&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/wintel-monopoly.jpg?resize=75%2C44&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/wintel-monopoly.jpg?resize=768%2C455&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/wintel-monopoly.jpg?w=885&amp;ssl=1 885w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Blodget included a\u00a0chart from <a title=\"BI Intelligence\" href=\"https:\/\/intelligence.businessinsider.com\/welcome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BI Intelligence<\/a> showing the unit sales of PCs, smartphones, and tablets.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/wintel-monopoly-2012-9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-109309\" title=\"BI - Global Internet Device Shipmetns\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/global-internet-device-shipments.png.jpg?resize=401%2C263&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"BI - Global Internet Device Shipmetns\" width=\"401\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/global-internet-device-shipments.png.jpg?resize=150%2C99&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/global-internet-device-shipments.png.jpg?resize=75%2C49&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/global-internet-device-shipments.png.jpg?resize=768%2C504&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/global-internet-device-shipments.png.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>rb-<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>This does not say that <a title=\"Microsoft\" href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/companies\/microsoft\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Microsoft<\/a> is going to collapse. It still has a number of successful businesses. It&#8217;s just not going to run the world like it once did according to the article. So this is not the end of Microsoft.<\/em><\/p>\n<h6>Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>Wintel and the Disappearing PC World (beta.fool.com)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><a title=\"Ralph Bach\" href=\"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/new-resume\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ralph Bach<\/a>\u00a0has been in IT long enough to know better and has blogged from his\u00a0<a title=\"Bach Seat\" href=\"https:\/\/rbach.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bach Seat<\/a> about IT, careers, and anything else that catches his attention since 2005. 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