Microsoft’s Windows 8 Is Likely Not A Winning Ticket

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

The Wall Street Journal described the excitement surrounding Microsoft’s (MSFT) next “growth” product: Windows 8! It is a highlight of this week’s Consumer Electronics Show.

However, while looking at the photo of smiling CEO Ballmer with Intel (INTC) CEO Otellini, I was hit with déjà vu visions of the Pennsylvania Railroad, U.S. Steel (X), General Motors (GM) and Kodak (EK). Like Microsoft, each company once controlled its industry in size, wealth and influence. Then, each came tumbling down.

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