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DevDiv stil operates as its own business - and the profit margins for licenses for Visual Studio (and Azure subscriptions) is higher than Windows. The bulk of M
by DaiPlusPlus 9y ago
DevDiv stil operates as its own business - and the profit margins for licenses for Visual Studio (and Azure subscriptions) is higher than Windows. The bulk of Microsoft’s Windows license fees come from OEMs anyway.
- WorldMaker 9y agoAlso, don't forget that DevDiv is the oldest Microsoft, maybe the truest Microsoft. Microsoft's first products were all programming languages/environments. If Microsoft's DevDiv should outlast Windows, that may be poetic.