Microsoft at Its Apogee

Wow! Being beaten up by Businessweek and Forbes in the same week is tough love -- or whatever the business press administers.

The press moves in cycles, which I put at roughly 18-24 months in duration. You go from nobody to superstar to trash heap in those 24 months. Microsoft, no teenage rock star but distinctly middle age, is at the low point of its press cycle. Trust me, in 18 months they will look more on top in the press -- whether they deserve it or not -- because then they'll be at the perigee.