Frbiz.com reports Analysts say Microsoft's move toward Win7 could accelerate their decline

Market research firm NPD Group's data show that, Windows 7 several days ago the sales in the United States during the same period was 2.34 times as Vista. The company's vice president of industry analysis?????(Stephen Baker) said: "Microsoft is taking an early low-cost pre-plan, high visibility marketing activities and active cooperation with manufacturers to help Windows 7 get a successful start."

For Microsoft, this is a worthy celebration of the good news, but Galbraith thought that Microsoft could become the software field of General Motors, has become old-fashioned and outdated, lack of focus, and eventually decline. The success of Windows 7 will only accelerate this process. He pointed out that Microsoft needs to focus from the desktop products to other equipment, as well as changes in cloud computing in order to excel again, but Windows 7 will only hinder the success of this transition process.

Galbraith said: "The worst thing is the success of Windows 7, which could give Microsoft a stronger concern about the management of desktop product beliefs. However, with the user from the desktop to the smart phones and other products of the transfer, Microsoft's market share will decline. However, if the decline in market share only slowly, and not enough to curb Microsoft's high margins and high profits in the pursuit of desktop products. Over time, Microsoft will repeat GM's decline and fall of the way. "He pointed out that Microsoft needs to ideas and can not meet the development requirements of the implementation of the management restructuring, which prompted Microsoft to take such measures as soon as possible factor is the competitor's success. Galbraith said: "The success of Apple and Google for Microsoft, was the best thing, it is the rise of the two companies, resulting in Microsoft's sales and market share decline, which will allow Microsoft created a sense of urgency, and prompted leaders of the management restructure. "

Galbraith believes that as long as Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer (Steve Ballmer) to take bold initiatives, Microsoft can avoid repeating the mistakes General Motors. "Microsoft is not necessarily a General Motors, Ballmer can focus on Microsoft products from the desktop computing to a new transformation, or specify a competent transition experienced COO, is responsible for Microsoft's transformation strategy." Galbraith said that the This may be difficult to achieve, Ballmer and Microsoft's history, closely linked, so if Microsoft adopted the strategies of transition, you need a new pair of eyes.

Microsoft is currently no trouble, the company earnings in the operating system and other aspects of product lines are almost dominant. But General Motors has had the same glory, and has experienced decades to decline. Microsoft may need to give serious consideration to the views of Galbraith, in order to avoid repeating the fate of General Motors