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Quote of the day: Microsoft's retail market 'is poor' | |
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| Time: 12:51 EST/17:51 GMT | News Source: CNET | Posted By: John Quigley | ||
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In a story about a predicted decline in Microsoft's consumer revenue and the possibility of making applications into free, ad-supported releases, an internal Microsoft strategy paper has documented a drop in sales of full packaged software. "The outlook for packaged consumer retail software market is poor," MSN workers said in the paper. "The size of the market is shrinking, and consumers appear less willing than ever to buy software applications off the shelf." | ||
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| #1 By 3653 (63.162.177.143) at 11/16/2005 3:35:46 PM |
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Its hard to imagine that MS Money is a break-even product. MSFT cant possibly spend much $$$ on that product. I've used it for 5 years, and it hasn't changed much.
The bigger question (and its a shame C|Net doesnt think like this) is what this means for software makers that rely more heavily on retail sales. Perhaps this further explains Symantec's recent "odd" acquisition. |
| #2 By 17996 (66.188.88.180) at 11/18/2005 5:50:47 PM |
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Good ol' CNet, putting a little twist on the quote to give it a specific meaning.
Read the quote again. It's not just Microsoft's retail market that's poor, it's for ALL "packaged consumer retail software". |
| #3 By 17996 (66.188.88.180) at 11/18/2005 5:50:53 PM |
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(duplicate post) This post was edited by PatriotB6007 on Friday, November 18, 2005 at 17:51. |
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