Microsoft's business model may be in final jeopardy

摘要

Google buzz is becoming a constant roar. But the ongoing speculation about Google's next moves — nation-wide free Wi-Fi, video search, Google buys AOL, Google browser, and so on — really reflects the surprising volatility of the IT market, regardless of what Google does. This volatility springs fundamentally from the long-run weakness of the Microsoft business model, in the context of emerging technology. The Web may not be an industrial-strength computing platform yet, but it will be, and the PC as a standalone device loaded with its own apps will wither.