the following quote that sums up the nature of the software world:
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Every morning in Africa, when the sun comes up, the gazelle knows it must outrun the fastest lion, or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, when the sun comes up, the lion knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death.

So it doesn't matter if you are a lion or a gazelle, when the sun comes up, you'd better be running.

Bert wrote:

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I will give you the ActiveSync issue, but Microsoft has been making OS going back past 2000. I doubt they will be doomed.

The IT world is littered with companies who dominated their niche but were slow to react.

Remember WordPerfect? It was once the largest software company in the world.

Oh how about Wang?
Lotus, whose 1-2-3 ruled the spreadsheet roost?
Then there was Borland, remember Quattro Pro and Delphi?
What about Polaris software, the makers of Packrat?

Data General? Sperry? Burroughs

In 12 years of existence Google has transformed information access in ways that Microsoft never imagined, and yahoo can't find a buyer.

"The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn." ~ Alvin Toffler