High-flying glory days past, Microsoft builds for future
NetworkFusion | at | by Mike
Microsoft's mettle has been tested before, but in the next few years the company will face what are arguably its toughest challenges yet. These include: Finding growth opportunities to offset the maturing of its operating system and Office businesses.
Winning back the trust of customers fed up with security shortcomings and what they see as inflexible licensing schemes. Fending off stronger open source competitors as the company creates its next-generation platform, code-named Longhorn.