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I sincerely hope it’s not a jump from deers this time. I know folks eat deer and moose meat quite often here in parts of Canada.
Prion disease has been rampaging deer, elk, and moose stocks for a few years now: https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2019/02/fatal-brain-disease-i...
correlation is not causation...
Dear Paul,
While you lay out several interesting point and are right on the fact that Microsoft is facing some serious challenges. It is not dead by any means and still exists in the game.
You point out some reasons Microsoft why is "dead": "AJAX and Javascript is the new programming model of choice" I am currently developing a web 2.0 venture namely UReporting. Our Project is based almost entirely on Microsoft technologies. We had the option to use both LAMP based development or ASP.Net/ MS Sql. We chose Microsoft as it served all our needs and then some. Mapping, mobile, streaming, AJAX, Scalability, Community building you name it we are doing it. I have nothing against Javascript or AJAX but I can assure you Microsoft technologies can do everything that AJAX or Javascripting can. Also Ajax for ASP.NET is widely avaialable and used. This is a view not from someone who funds ventures but an actual entreprenuer seeking to minimize costs and develop a scalable and efficient platform.
"Buy all the good "Web 2.0" startups. They could get substantially all of them for less than they'd have to pay for Facebook."
Interesting point especially coming from someone who funds such venture...
In conclusion, While microsoft is definately facing some challenges today (normal for all major businesses), there is no indication they are even close to where you claim them to be.
Have a Good Day
Danial Jameel www.UReporting.com