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Microsoft doesn't make its money on Windows licenses. It makes money on Enterprise versions of Office and its various server projects. The value of a developer
by greggyb 11y ago
Microsoft doesn't make its money on Windows licenses. It makes money on Enterprise versions of Office and its various server projects.
The value of a developer's machine is pretty much a rounding error to Microsoft. The value of a developer's output (production and DR instances of server products/Azure services) is immense to Microsoft.
- st3v3r 11y agoBut if developers are using Windows, that means that they're also going to write software for Windows. A lot of the high quality, 3rd party applications that run on OS X come from the fact that the authors had been running Mac for a long time, had a need for something, and turned it into a product. Had those developers been on Windows instead, they might be there. That's what Microsoft wants.
- greggyb 11y agoMicrosoft wants Azure consumption, SQL Server Enterprise licenses, Office 365 Enterprise seats, Dynamics licenses, and ISV and Cloud Services partners. They already have the desktop market and it is pennies compared to the income they make from enterprise clients.