This article describes how Microsoft is going to increase it's investment to something like $1.6 billion dollars, in MSN, and other online businesses. Attention all suits....Throwing more money at a part of your company, for NO good reason doesn't solve any problems. Yes, Mr. Ballmer that definitely means you. How about this, just drop MSN, completely pull out of the online search engine market. Only invest resources in making the "web based" Office products, then take the remaining amount of money and pump it into making an OS/platform that gives consumers/businesses a reason to upgrade! I think Microsoft should take some advice from Guy Kawasaki, "If you make meaning, you'll probably make money. But, if you set out to make money, you will probably not make meaning, and you won't make money."
There are three ways to make meaning:I don't think MSN fits ANY of this criteria, and thus is a loss.
- Increase the quality of life.
- Right a wrong.
- Prevent the end of something good.
