Keith Watanabe * NET 2.0

do the execs in M$ realize that trying to outdo people on the net is just killing their home advantage? problem is that M$ is now splitting their focus on desktop software and web based software to compete. i think it'll kill them in the long run because their business no longer is focused on what drives the most revenue for them. they are quickly becoming the IBM of the 80's with their lack of long term strategies. right now, you can see what they're thinking by competing against major players like youtube, google, yahoo, etc. while they can manipulate their browser settings to pop up MSN, the fact is that they no longer can sheerly dominate. worse yet, what they are producing lacks quality and is twice as buggy as their bug/virus infested OS. word to M$: put your development teams on Windows and Windows software rather than dividing your business lines so much. didn't you guys see what happened to Sun in the early 2000's? you have the money but not the no-how to really compete in the online market and it's been embarrassingly painful to watch. please just focus on your desktops and make those products good.