[KLUG Advocacy] Interesting . . .

[Mark Szidik/mlc]

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>http://www.pbs.org/cringely/
>"Invincible: How Microsoft and Wal-Mart Can Lose, but
>Can't Be Beaten"

>Wow,  this guy is on the PBS site?  The article seems rife with
>conservative/republican axioms.  Not that they are neccesarily wrong,
>they are just tossed out in such a, well..., axiomatic way.  Below the
>journalistic standards I expect from PBS.  Reads a bit like an InfoWorld
>article.

I have been following Cringely's writing for years.  I respect him.  He is
not afraid to say unpopular things.  Also, He did two very good TV shows
for PBS.  "Triumph of the Nerds" and "The Internet 2.0.1".  Nerds is a lot
of fun that everyone on this list would enjoy.


>"But at their hearts, each business is successful because it has managed
>to reduce its cost per transaction until it is lower than all its
>competitors"

This has nothing to do with technology and everything to do with economics.

>Is this the heart of Microsoft's success?

Frankly, yes.  Microsoft makes 40% profit margins when ALL other companies
of size are thrilled with 5%.


-Mark Szidik