Study Group: Adobe Reader Users(?)

Security issues + poor keyboard form factor + lack of Exchange 2003 compatibility + high cost all equate to lack of adoption by businesses as RIM replacement.

Adobe's future is not going to be anchored in selling seats of Creative Suite. They are defining a whole new creative and information engagement platform, which will also serve to justify usage of CS, but the real magic is going to be happening in web development and web services....

Microsoft wants to force users to use Vista. Turning over IT systems to Vista is not necessarily what end user consumers want. Microsoft, although duly invested in selling updates for profit can not force IT departments to max out their software budgets on a new operating system when the old one works...

iPhones were too expensive: Apple did not get the pricing correct at the beginning. Apple made a bad decision limiting the service to one carrier - A T and T. Apple is making poor marketing decisions which may not only cost the company sales in the short term but may have a negative impact on the...

The implications are clear. Even though Microsoft isn't shivering in fear as of yet, there are viable options out there. The only issue is these options are not marketed like MS Office and Windows.