What a fluff anti MS piece:
1. The iPad eats the consumer PC market.
iPad eats PC market (Apples sell better than oranges so Florida is in trouble?!)
2. Employees gradually switch away from using Windows PCs for work.
The author even says in the first sentence that this has not played out yet...
3. Windows 8 fails to stop the iPad.
"it's still early, but" the auther has no fact to back this up either. the iPad has been out since 2010, the surface for what a month now. let's see the numbers in relative comparison
4. Loyal developers start to leave the Microsoft platform
"We're not sure if this happening or not. So far, the early signs are actually positive for Microsoft" again the author just grabbing at straws
5. Windows Phone gets no traction despite the Nokia deal and RIM's collapse.
I just upgraded my phone to the Nokia 920 and they are on back order, the AT&T store can't keep them in stock, plus catching up to even Android Apple is having a hard time with....
6. Office loses relevance.
How does Office lose revelance?! I have even went so far as to suggest to my company to switch to Open Office or Libre. They had NO interest and they are FREE. Again "The death of Office, has not happened, though. Despite Google's attempt to create Docs, companies aren't giving up on Excel." The author can't even agree with his own statement..
7. Microsoft's other business applications start to erode.
The author agian speculating "If" before saying "Exchange, SharePoint, and Dynamics all bring in more than $1 billion per year"
8. The platform business collapses
Speculation again
9. The Xbox was never going to make up the slack, and Microsoft can no longer afford to keep investing in it.
Again assuming all the above actually happens, which acording to the author has not..
10. Microsoft suffers a huge quarterly loss. Ballmer retires to play golf.
This is crap too, they had a write off on a loss for one qurter, the author even says so.
Just more junk reporting in my opinion....
Geeve