[Macworld]

Post your comments for Analysis: Microsoft should focus on strengths here

[lwdesign]

i have an idea. How about if Microsoft spent its resources in trying to make the products it already has more user friendly and intuitive. Now that's a concept! How about putting some manpower and money into the 30 or so features that were touted for Vista to make it such an amazing and cutting edge OS. Instead Microsoft took 5 years, dropped most of its WOW features and came out with XP with better security and a look that was closer to what OS X had been for several years. Honestly, if Microsoft didn't feel it had to be the biggest and bestest at everything and concentrated on making each of its existing products GREAT, it would be unstoppable. Who do you know that raves about Microsoft products? Yup, never heard any of that myself.

[redavistx]

BIG OBJECTION to decision NOT to support VBA basic! Too many people and other applications depend on this valuable tool, and it is unconscionable of Microsoft to omit it from the first major upgrade of Office in years!

To make matters worse, Office 2004 (MAC) does NOT read .docx files, which is the default format for Office 2007 (Windows) users, so staying with Office 2004 to get VBA basic has its penalties, too. Yes, there are aftermarket .docx converters for Mac out there, but this just makes it one step harder for Mac and Windows users to collaborate. (Maybe that's also on Microsoft's hidden agenda?!?) Would appreciate comments on easiest/most available/cheapest(free?) .docx converters.

[MacosNerd]

Its interesting how people now come out of the wood work to tell the company how to do its business. While I may not agree with many of their decisions, they are better attuned to know how best to run the organization.

Besides, who says this MS-yahoo dance is over. If Yahoo stumbles or fails to improve its bottom line, MS could conceivably be back.

[Grapho]

One thing is for sure. The big empire is starting to stumble. You simply cant do everything, for everybody. I believe that Microsoft has finally started to dwindle. I will not say that it's done for, but it most certainly has lost it's 90' clout.
The Zune, HD-DVD, Vista and now this?

[RobK]

"Microsoft should focus on strengths"
...does not compute.

[Imaginos1892]

Hmmm...focus on their "strengths"...
So they should focus on FUD, bribery, intimidation, theft, standards corruption, character assassination, vaporware, bloatware, blue-screens-of-death, crashed remote authentication servers, and "security" that works as well as a door that's fallen off its hinges. They seem to be already doing that.
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