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Problem is MS business model. They cannot remove stuff because of compatibility and cannot build new OS because they already have competition. Most sensible wo
by Chyzwar 9y ago
Problem is MS business model. They cannot remove stuff because of compatibility and cannot build new OS because they already have competition.
Most sensible would be to remove cruft in Windows and move to ARM hardware. Because Bill was not in power, new windows API(UWP) and Edge were too late. Now MS stuck with Win10 that have backward compatibility with win98 and IE11.... and dead WP.
It is already to late for MS to recover.
- jodrellblank 9y agoToo late to recover, except their Windows non-pro revenue was up 27% last year: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/Investor/earnings/FY-2016-Q4/press-release-webcast https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/Investor/earnings/FY-2016-Q4... ?
- Chyzwar 9y agoBut net profit is down [0]. Problem is losing competitive edge. They cannot do vertical integration like Apple because they lost mobile. Traditional enterprise is moving to cloud and Azure is only propped temporary[1]. Edge is bleeding users and Internet is already belong to Facebook and Google. Chrome and Mac slowly eat desktop market[3]. MS already already lost all chances to do a comeback. Current CEO lack product vision. Buying LinkedIn is silly where for the same price they could have ARM. [0]https://revenuesandprofits.com/apple-vs-microsoft-revenues-and-profits-1995-to-2015/ https://revenuesandprofits.com/apple-vs-microsoft-revenues-a... [1]http://uk.businessinsider.com/leaked-microsoft-cloud-sales-firgures-2015-3?r=US&IR=T http://uk.businessinsider.com/leaked-microsoft-cloud-sales-f... [2]http://uk.businessinsider.com/chromebook-sales-versus-other-pcs-2015-10?r=US&IR=T http://uk.businessinsider.com/chromebook-sales-versus-other-...
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