I appeared on This Week in Tech (TWiT), episode 205 on July 26 and we discussed a lot of topics from the Palm Pre’s battle over iTunes sync to the Mac dominating sales of $1000+ computers, but the topic we spent the most time debating was the fate of Microsoft.

It was a great conversation with Leo Laporte, the host of the show, along with Mashable’s Pete Cashmore and technology pundit John C. Dvorak. Dvorak had just written a piece for MarketWatch entitled Is the party over for Microsoft? I’ve also written a couple recent columns on Microsoft’s strategic trajectory:

There was definitely a clash of opinions, but I think the result was a pretty well-rounded look at the challenges Microsoft is facing, the money it’s wasting, and the things it will need to do to stay relevant in the years ahead.

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