Thursday, March 21, 2013

MSFT: How Microsoft Is Breaking The Windows Siege

How Microsoft Is Breaking The Windows Siege
by Sneha Shah

Introduction
The Seattle technology giant Microsoft (MSFT) has sharply underperformed other software technology peers like Apple (AAPL) and Google (GOOG) both in stock price performance as well as innovation. Microsoft has slept through the shift of the consumer technology market from PCs/laptops to mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. It might seem strange to say that Windows is under siege when it continues to have a monopoly like position in PC and laptop operating systems. However, if you look from the overall computing devices operating system perspective, Windows has lost market share massively to Google and Apple. MSFT continues to lose market share as PC shipments are declining and smartphone/tablet shipments are growing at a rapid clip. read more »

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