MS Software Profits Down for Three Quarters; Blame Linux?

"Microsoft's software profits have been in decline throughout this year,
and its bottom line is being propped up only by impressive returns on its
investments. Multiple trends have converged to obsolete the MS business
model, but future historians are likely to credit Linux with being the
catalyst that undid the MS money machine at the start of the new
millennium."

Rest of the story at:
http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2000-11-06-001-06-PS