According to a report today at
seattlepi.com, Bill Gates and Ray Ozzie will
reveal the next online offerings from Microsoft in an announcement scheduled for tomorrow in San Francisco. According
to an analyst quoted in the article, Microsoft has the time and money to keep trying different ideas due to their
unique position in the market.
"While other companies may have found successful strategies faster, (Directions on Microsoft's Rob) Helm said
Microsoft, with around $40 billion in cash, has a potential advantage in that it doesn't necessarily need to make money
from its online offerings. Instead, he said, the company only needs to create products that will make people continue
to want to buy Office and Windows.
UPDATE: ZDNet has a comprehensive preview of what's expected in the announcement later today.
1. Revealing different ideas due to their unique position in the market,Will be a interesting Report.
Posted at 5:16AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Anthony Wood