Yeah I know that reinvesting is not a requirement. I wasn't
talking about requirements. I was talking about the way the system
is supposed to work. Our country has become an oligarchy. And
obviously there are filthy rich people who have more money than
their descendents will ever spend. Those same people have not
reinvested enough of the money they have sucked from the rest of
us.

It's like the old saying about cleaning your own house before you
clean others. Microsoft could do (or could have done) some really
great stuff with the personal computer instead of just sucking
monopoly profits from the people. It wants to monopolize
ultraportable computers too. If you own a tablet, you can see the
innovation taking place that's nonexistent on the desktop.
Nobody (except maybe the government) is going to give Microsoft the
same chance to dumb-down tablets like it has done with the PC.

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"Don Phillipson" e925 SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca wrote:

"John Doe" always.look message.header wrote

Microsoft needs to stop trying to harness the ultraportable PC
business and start innovating in the desktop PC business.

Retailers do not nowadays sell enough new desktops to constitute
a market big enough to attract MS.

From what I can see, looks like they sell approximately the same
number as always.

All local indicators suggest laptops far outsell desktops nowadays
(not to mention also tablets.)

. . . Apparently many big corporate leaders have
forgotten how capitalism is supposed to be, they have forgotten
that it involves reinvesting the money.

This may be true of "capitalism" but is not uniformly so for
people. Most people with investments either (a) cash them
in so as to enjoy spending the proceeds, or (b) bequeathe
them to other people who may make their own decisions
(whether to invest or enjoy.) The general system of capitalism
does indeed "involve" reinvesting, but capital does not by itself.
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Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)