The Government has offered Australia's three mobile operators, and vividwireless, renewal of their existing spectrum allocated on 15 year licences in the late 90s and early 2000s at set prices, while the Government expects to rake in $3 billion.
Regardless of the relatively small but once again growing Mac
marketshare, there are tens of millions of Macs in use and every virus
writer in town would love to be the first to break the bank at Monte
Carlo so to speak.
Microsoft knows this and is watching
nervously as the revitalised Apple under Steve Jobs keeps hitting home
runs on the financial scoreboard each quarter. Signs that Microsoft is
feeling the strain became apparent yesterday. The software company
actually publicly responded to Apple's website remarks about Windows
security by suggesting that there was a problem with Apple's quality
control.
The fact that Microsoft has allowed itself to be lured into a war of
words with Apple demonstrates that the Cupertino company has succeeded
in getting under the Redmond company's skin.
As was shown in the previous quarter's financial results, Apple
continues to forge ahead with both Mac and iPod sales. The move of Mac
to the Intel platform by Apple has proven to be a master stroke. There
is now no excuse for Windows users not to buy a Mac and plenty of
reasons why they should. That was reflected by more than 30% growth in
sales over the previous year's third quarter.
iPods also continued to sell by the truck load last quarter with once
again more than 30% growth. iTunes has already made a start on cracking
the video downloads market with an iTV device to wirelessly stream
videos from Macs to the TV on the way. iPhones are also soon to be
released.
It is in this climate that Microsoft plans to enter the music player
market with an untested me-too device, and plans to release a new
operating system for which vulnerabilities have already been identified
in its monthly patching cycle. On top of that, Microsoft will have to
figure out how to convince users to move over to its new office
productivity suite. A touch of nervousness inside the Redmond campus
right now is perhaps understandable.
David Bass
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