This Seattle Weekly article provides an instructive overview of the problems that Microsoft confronts in maintaining its position in the constantly changing world of computing. The article notes the fundamental problem:

The Web?s phenomenal growth has driven a number of fundamental changes. . . Microsoft seems to have overlooked the most important of those trends. It made a series of missteps, and it?s not clear if it has learned from them. In protecting Windows and Office revenues, Microsoft has innovated less quickly than it could have. The company relies on the same strategy that helped it years ago come to dominate the personal-computer market with the Windows operating system, despite mounting evidence that its customers are looking for a new approach. Competitors such as Linux and Google are gaining, and Microsoft seems unprepared for the road ahead.

Read the entire article, and then consider whether the constant deluge of viruses, adware, hijackers, bots and related plagues are really worth being tied to Microsoft products. Personally, I have just bought my first Mac and my sense is that it will not be my last.