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I dislike Microsoft, but the idea that the only hope of MS is online advertising is scary. We're talking about 30 billion in sales for office and windows. Is th

I dislike Microsoft, but the idea that the only hope of MS is online advertising is scary. We're talking about 30 billion in sales for office and windows. Is the only viable alternative for MS to give up all that in order to chase advertising dollars? Will 'free' really kill an entire industry?

wanorris 19y ago
> Is the only viable alternative for MS to give up all that in order to chase advertising dollars? No, of course not. Anyone who thinks that is on crack. But what we may see is that Windows and Office are mature businesses and if Microsoft wants to continue to grow, it will have to be online.