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Microsoft is Dead 19 years ago

The poverty of analysis and thought in this essay is best illustrated by the sentence:

"There can only be one big man in town, and they're clearly it."

I love reading the "Microsoft is dead" stories - there has been about 1 a year for the last 10 years or so.

I remember when Netscape was going to rule the world - or AOL.

I even recall that people seriously thought that a Palm Pilot would slay the giant.

Oh how we laughed!

And just because your tiny geek-chic niche all uses Macs doesn't mean that everyone does.

Nor does using a Mac make you A) cooler B) smarter C) more attractive to the opposite sex D) more creative or E) qualified to make sweeping generalizations about industries and business you apparently know little about.

Other than that, very interesting.