Microsoft announcement on Monday?

Via Macsurfer:

Microsoft set to respond to Google OS next Monday

Yay. Microsoft is getting into the OS business.

One hit wonders

For all its 30 year glory, Microsoft depends on two products for 75% of its revenues: windows and office:

Google, despite its huge success, is still a one-hit wonder. After spending $6 billion on research and development in the past three years, its efforts to expand beyond its paid-search gold mine haven’t yet led to another money spinner.

Google has a long lead time to compete with more products and they are working more feverishly than Microsoft did at the same point in Google’s lifecycle.