[alive88]

Why have you chosen Death as your metaphor?

We should pay some credence to what Microsoft has done to computing. I think they have built industry leading applications and provided (in some cases) some vision for development. Hands down they once owned computing.

Certainly the business model allowed them to become very rich and powerful. Knowing what we know now - maybe we shouldn't have let it happen.

Does your article simply state, the industry has changed? Why is Google more important now than Microsoft?

Collaborative documents and its respective monetization - who are the leaders? Monetization and sustainability seem to me to be king.

What is important about your article? Doesn't Microsoft continue to be profitable, sustainable, and offer value to its customers? Is there something important about a loss of their lock (except the obvious)? Is there a social statement there?

How does this translate to me as a user, a developer, a business person?