Predicting Microsoft's doom unrealistic

Microsoft has it's share of haters out there, but as this CNN Money article points out it's not going anywhere, except maybe to the bank:

It has recently been popular to prognosticate Microsoft's impending doom, but there's one big reason to believe in a successful future for the software giant: Cash. Microsoft is sitting on a giant pile of it, and it makes billions more every quarter.

Microsoft (MSFT, Fortune 500) has certainly had a rough few weeks. Longtime rival Apple (AAPL, Fortune 500) surpassed the company in market value, and Steve Jobs' unveiling of the iPhone 4 served as a stark reminder of how far Microsoft has fallen behind in the smart phone space. CEO Steve Ballmer yet again reorganized the company's struggling entertainment division. And Hewlett-Packard (HPQ, Fortune 500) -- Microsoft's most vital partner -- opted to dump Windows 7 for HP's soon-to-be-released iPad competitor, the Slate tablet, in favor of Palm's WebOS.