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Why can't Microsoft make money online?
Why can't Microsoft make money online?
Struggle? You don't normally think of that word applying to the company Bill Gates founded. But there it is: Microsoft, one of the most aggressively competitive, brainiac-attracting, technologically superior, and oh, yes, cash-gushingly profitable companies of all time, can't for the life of it make a dime on the Internet.
A Microsoft Veteran Embraces Open Source
bits.blogs.nytimes.com — In a new book, Microsoft veteran Keith Curtis argues that open source is the future of software... and his former employer is "toast." (more) A Microsoft Veteran Embraces Open Source
Microsoft Examines Causes of ‘Cyberchondria’
nytimes.com — A Microsoft study suggests that self-diagnosis by search engine leads Web searchers to conclude the worst about... what ails them. > (more) Microsoft Examines Causes of ‘Cyberchondria’
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Microsoft Internet search share stable in October; Fortune scrutinizes online business
The Seattle Times: Microsoft Pri0 — Microsoft held stead in October with 8.5 percent of the U.S. Internet search market, according to figures released today by comScore. Its rivals, Google and Yahoo, both gained slightly from their September positions. Meanwhile, Fortune has taken a stab at answering the question, "Why can't Microsoft make money online?"

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