It wouldn't make cents/sense for him to holla, "I'm rich beeeyotch!!!!"
Microsoft is getting cake, there’s no doubt about that. But being the top dog is certainly not a pleasant position to be in - especially when it comes to technology. While it has come under fire for its monopolistic ways, it still has to assert its dominance. (Competing is not enough.) And there’s a couple of markets where there’s a lot of money to be had year after year, and... Microsoft is not getting the bigger chunk. Who’s getting the bigger piece of the pie, you ask? Look no further than Apple and Google.
In the music media market, Bill Gates and ‘em are trying to stem the ever-growing popularity of the iPod and its companion music store, iTunes. With a little help from Toshiba, they’ll be introducing a portable media player, the Zune, by the end of the year. I don’t think it’ll happen but the wireless connection feature it will possess would give it some points over the iPod. And you can bet Steve Jobs is brewing something.
As for Google, it plays the thorn to Microsoft’s foot on the online search and advertising battlefield. Google’s supremacy in the online search domain is unquestioned. MSN Search might make indents, but not in the foreseeable future. As far as advertising goes, Google scored big with the News Corporation deal to provide advertising (and search features) to MySpace. Microsoft, in an attempt to save face, inked a deal with Facebook.
Finally, as if they didn’t have enough to worry about, Microsoft have to contend with the new boys trying to set tents in its yard. It’s lonely at the top. And it’s no rest either. I wanna be rich. (Duh!) But Bill Gates rich? No thanks!
