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

[Ron Guerin]

Ruben Safir wrote:
>> Realistically, Microsoft can survive quite a lot.  As for Google, I 
>> Google doth protest too much about this possible marriage of a genuine 
>> competitor of theirs to their psycho stalker.  It will keep both out of 
>> Google's hair for a while, and the resulting combination, even if all 
>> goes well for Microhoo, doesn't sound all that scary, based on the 
>> numbers I was hearing.
>>
>> I just think it's a distraction, it's Microsoft doing what it wants to 
>> do instead of what it needs to do.  Anyone who's had the misfortune of 
>> working on a Vista box (as I have) would tell you Microsoft's biggest 
>> problem isn't Google or Yahoo.  It's a lot closer to home.
> 
> And if we go through the archives can we not find similar statements made 
> about XP?

I doubt it.  We don't talk about Microsoft on here much (I don't think),
but generally the source of the "Bleh!" about XP was a lot of people,
myself included, didn't think the new "candy" theme was a good thing.
Vista on the other hand, is the "New Windows ME".

> My point is that MS's moves concern me greately .... almost always.  They're
> taking of Yahoo can have serious considation and coersive effects that may not
> show in someones statical economic analysis.

Bill Burnham touched on this.
http://billburnham.blogs.com/burnhamsbeat/2008/02/microsoftyahoo.html

- Ron