Microsoft battered by downgrades, EU case

Are Microsoft's corporate problems affecting its ability to concentrate on releasing timely and secure new products? While trying to focus on Windows Vista, Office 2007, and their cousin servers, Microsoft now is seeing its stock become downgraded by a variety of influential financial firms. Also, a decision may come soon in Microsoft's appeal of the European Union anti-trust ruling. Are these problems just more ants to be stomped on by the Microsoft machine, or is it the beginning of the end? Email me.

For more on problems at Microsoft:
- read this internetnews.com article
- read this BBC News article article

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