[ANSOL-geral]Microsoft em desespero...

Rui Miguel Seabra rms arroba 1407.org
Thu Jun 5 14:23:01 2003


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Artigo do Finantial Times sobre o desespero que a Microsoft est=C3=A1 a
sentir:

http://www.msnbc.com/news/922215.asp?cp1=3D1

O problema:

  Steve Ballmer: With no immediate breakthroughs in technology coming,
  and with the Linux computer operating system and a batch of other
  open-source programs biting at its heels, Microsoft will have to do a
  better job of persuading customers it has something they need.

A solu=C3=A7=C3=A3o:

  =E2=80=9CThere=E2=80=99s a set of things I highlight that I want us to do=
 better,=E2=80=9D
  says Ballmer in an interview.
  These include redoubling its efforts to make its software more secure
  (...)
  Equally importantly, Microsoft must =E2=80=9Cimprove business consistency=
=E2=80=9D so
  that customers are not hit with unexpected =E2=80=94 and unwanted =E2=80=
=94 changes.

Conclus=C3=A3o:

  N=C3=A3o vendo inova=C3=A7=C3=A3o =C3=A0 vista no futuro pr=C3=B3ximo, a =
Microsoft pretende
apostar em algo que sabemos bem que n=C3=A3o tem provado compet=C3=AAncia:
seguran=C3=A7a; e em algo que faz bem: marketing (ou n=C3=A3o tenha mais de=
 metade
dos seus funcion=C3=A1rios nesta =C3=A1rea).

Rui

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