Joe Wilcox
Joe Wilcox
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So, to get to the benefits that come with this, they have to get past whatever retraining will be needed around the new user interface.
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When you introduce something new, it disrupts, and this increases things like help desk costs and employee downtime. So, to get to the benefits that come with this, they have to get past whatever retraining will be needed around the new user interface and any hardships around the new file format, which are always disruptive. These are two big hurdles Microsoft has to get around.
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Microsoft would certainly benefit if say a Comcast or some other broadband providers with popular portals chose MSN as the default search.
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If disposal is an extra cost, then it's a problem that someone has to solve. If they can dispose of it easier because there are no potential toxins, then that's a benefit they can appreciate.
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I'm sure it's not lost on Microsoft executives that the world's third largest computer company is from China. Microsoft has a problem: PC growth is highest in emerging markets like China, where software piracy rates are high. China deals could be construed as generating goodwill, which Microsoft would want to use to gain greater Chinese government cooperation fighting piracy.
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I'm kind of skeptical about its ultimate usefulness.
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Once an individual or company makes an investment in Windows, buys the software, and continues to spend money on upgrades, it will not suddenly shift to Mac.
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On a zero-day exploit, it is kind of tough to move fast enough.
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If Microsoft hasn't significantly improved that experience, and made it as easy as Apple has, that's going to be a big barrier.
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In emerging markets, consumers are more likely to own a cell phone than a computer, so they get to the Internet through their phone. Data use is not as advanced in the United States.
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A system that will run Windows Vista may not be capable of using all of its features.
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It used to be that the corporate network was totally separate from the home. Now we have a commingling of network roles, of devices, of technology, and of user behavior, and all of that increases the attack vectors open to hackers.
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The Opera folks are betting their browser has reached a threshold of popularity where they can unshackle it from the fees. This clearly is a volume play that could pay off if enough people use the browser. Opera would be able to drive revenue through affiliate relationships, for example.
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Emulation is slower, sometimes much slower, than applications that run natively.