[nylug-talk] The future of Zimbra after Microsoft's bid for Yahoo!

[Ron Guerin]

Ajai Khattri wrote:
> On Mon, 4 Feb 2008, Ron Guerin wrote:
> 
>> I would however, cite Xbox as a success for them.
> 
> We should differentiate between commercial success and success in terms of 
> gamers' buzz and software titles.
> 
>> Admittedly I don't 
>> know if it generates income or is a drag on the bottom line
> 
> I think on the original Xbox they lost something like $130 per console. On 
> the 360 that's down to $71 per console (might be less now, not sure). In 
> 2007, they sold 4,620,000 consoles, so that's a loss of around $328M.
> 
> As we all know, the newest sexiest tech is often not successful. The 
> Nintendo Wii and DS outsold all other consoles last year even though the 
> Wii is not much better than the old GameCube technology-wise.

Yeah.  I'm really aiming at them needing to start selling some software 
that people are happy to own as priority #1, instead of appearing to be 
putting all of their attention and money into chasing around Google. 
IMHO, they've taken their eye off the ball, and Steve Jobs must be 
ecstatic.  I hope we use the time well, to skim off more users for Linux 
distros, while Redmond is shaking off one massive case of heartburn.

- Ron