Does Microsoft Really Have Rivals?

While Microsoft has more than 93% market share with its Windows operating system, it claims in its Form 10-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it has rivals such as Apple, Canonial and Red Hat. Is that the software giant is scared an is trying to admit stiff competition? I don’t think so.

The message that Microsoft is trying to send is that it is not a monopoly and that therefore all government regulators should stop pushing their anti-trust agenda against it. Microsoft is crying: “leave us alone: we have competition”.

I think that Microsoft is not telling the truth about what it believes is real competition. The Search Engine partnership with Yahoo is much more indicator of where the competition is.