Most analysts believe failure may be approaching for Microsoft. Truly though, one is probably imminent.
There was a time back in the the early 90′s when the PC was all there was and Microsoft Windows (3.x) was the wave of the future. That wave lasted quite some time and reached what is still today an unmatched landmark success in computing when Microsoft owned nearly 90% of all operating systems installations on the world’s PCs. That’s when the PC was king though.
Recently, news for Microsoft hasn’t been good. In fact, besides a few encouraging stats here and there (such as an extremely slight growth in Windows mobile sales due to Nokia (see Nokia: The Windows Phone 8 Glimpse Of Hope)), recent news overall has in now way been pleasant for the company that was once the juggernaut of the computer industry. Here are just a few of our recent articles on their issues:
Solving Microsoft’s Windows RT & Windows Phone Dilemmas
Microsoft May Have Paid Foreign Officials For Their Cooperation
Today, the outlook for the Redmond based corporation just got even worse. What consumers are buying has dramatically changed and based on the information provided by Gartner, the outlook for Microsoft is extremely bleak – at least if something doesn’t change, and very soon.
Gartner predicts that “the traditional PC market of notebooks and desk-based units is expected to decline 7.6 percent in 2013”. In addition to that, Gartner believes that Google’s Android OS will continue with its strong growth, as well as continue to dominate the mobile OS market, with smartphones paving the way and tablets right behind them.
Interestingly, Gartner says that the “competition for the second spot will be between Apple’s iOS/Mac OS and Microsoft Windows.” I say interesting because unless they’re counting stats for desktop operating systems (such as Windows XP, 7, etc.) in that “second spot” title, there’s no way in the world Microsoft is even going to come close to claiming second spot in the current OS war in which they have Android currently holding first place. Feel free to take a look at the IDC backed stats in our “Solving Microsoft’s Windows RT & Windows Phone Dilemmas” for support on that fact. You can say you heard it here; Apple is claiming that second spot title Gartner is referring to.
Overall though, the Gartner stats match up with most other analyst stats today as well and what they’ve released simply reiterates many of the articles we have here in the Daily Flux that point to Microsoft currently losing ground, having foreseeable trouble and worst of all – seemingly unable to dig themselves out of the grave that has been dug.