Is now a good time to short Microsoft (MSFT)?

Question

Bill Gates is no longer in charge of Microsoft. And Steve Balmer seems to be making some pretty bad decisions for Microsoft.

Microsoft has recently announced that it will stop selling the Windows XP operating system, to the annoyance of many computer users. And a business can annoy its customers only so much before these customers will go to the competitor.

I bought a Windows Vista computer because I didn't have any other choice. And now I've run into some pretty serious problems with my Vista that I can't fix. If this is what many other unwilling Vista buyers are experiencing. Then Microsoft is in big trouble indeed.

Answer 1

vista is great...

Answer 2

Switch to apple their future is bright.

but again I'm just a newbie.

Answer 3

Shorting any stock based on fundamental analysis is risky business.

Microsoft, along with the general market is WAY OVERSOLD and could have a massive short covering rally starting this week.

Learn how to trade the markets and look only at the chart.

The chart will tell you EVERYTHING you need to know about a company BEFORE IT IS ANNOUNCED TO THE ENTIRE WORLD.

Answer 4

http://www.microsoft.com

     -- have  you made a snowball lately,.? ,if so,shoot underhanded only,  less speed  on impact,,.

                                            good  luck,.  bye

Answer 5

Vista sucks!

But I wouldn't go selling short just yet. Microsoft has never had back to back bad OS's

95 OK

98 Great

Me blue screen of death

XP Great

Vista is awful

If they re-least another "bad" operating system I would think about jumping ship. But I doubt that you would have to sell short. Hang in there. Bill Gates hasn't been a technological force  for about 15 years. He thought that the Internet was a fad. Viruses was something that only corporation will have to worry about. Microsoft might be better without him.