Microsoft’s shifting business model(s)
The Economist has an interesting piece on the Zune (and the Xbox 360 in a larger sense), and its implications on Microsofts business model … and well, yes, the times they are a changing. Need some more proofs? Check out this by Gaping Void … good analysis, especially the part on Rebirth and constant renewal.
Microsoft has also been shifting its business model for delivering software in response to Google and other firms that let users access e-mail, word processing and other software via the web, rather than installing software on their own computers.
