M$ vrs Netbooks. Dwindling Revenue Fight.

M$ vrs Netbooks. Dwindling Revenue Fight.-> 1

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on Monday June 22 2009, @11:31PM

twitter writes "As the demand and prices for PCs fall, OEMs struggle to gain independence from the M$ monopoly. Li Chang, vice president of the Taipei Computer Association, complained loud and clear at Computex. Business week has another prime quote in their analysis of this fight:
"It looks like Microsoft [is] paying a lot of attention to their own profitability rather than how to expand the market," says Gianfranco Lanci, chief executive of Acer, the Taiwanese personal computer manufacturer.

The number of PCs sold each year is flattening, and the average selling price is falling fast. That leaves Microsoft, Intel (INTC), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), and Dell (DELL), which once shared profits from a fast-growing market, fighting harder for every dollar.

Into the mix comes GNU/Linux and the predicted demise of non free software. There's just not enough money in the market to pay for software the non free way. Cooperative sharing in freedom has made software that performs better and costs less. It is impossible for OEMs and retailers to ignore free software on cheaper and better performing platforms. Those that move with demand will survive. Those that think they can cling to 20 year old business models will fail."
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