I think you are missing the point. The summary of the article is Microsoft may be a monopoly but it is not a danger for fragile new technology startups. They retain their existing monopoly but world domination is not in their radar anymore.
Edit: Another way to look at it, dead here means the opposite of "Stay hungry, stay foolish".
Edit: Another way to look at it, dead here means the opposite of "Stay hungry, stay foolish".