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I've always used a lot of MS products, but really thought they'd be close to dying by now. Maybe they can make some money renting Azure Linux boxes, but doesn't

by rb808 8y ago

I've always used a lot of MS products, but really thought they'd be close to dying by now. Maybe they can make some money renting Azure Linux boxes, but doesn't seem like a strategic advantage any more like Windows is.

jodrellblank 8y ago
really thought they'd be close to dying by now. https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/26/17286900/microsoft-q3-2018-earnings-cloud-surface-linkedin-revenue https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/26/17286900/microsoft-q3-201... > 135 million active Office 365 business users, alongside 30.6 million Office 365 consumer subscriptions. > a 93 percent jump in Azure revenue. > Microsoft has once again returned Surface to the important billion dollar business target. > Xbox software and services revenue has grown 24 percent, > LinkedIn has now been included in Microsoft’s earnings reports for a full year now, and the social network was responsible for $1.3 billion of revenue this quarter. > Pro licenses of Windows grew 11 percent this quarter Like, which bit of this sounds like a company "close to dying"? "Nobody uses Windows anymore, it's too common". In a few moments googling I haven't been able to find if SQL Server is still a billion dollar business, or the other ten billion-dollar things they used to have still hold up today (Windows, Windows Server, Office, XBox, SQL, System Center, Exchange, SharePoint, Visual Studio, Dynamics, Advertising). Off the top of my head I'd guess Exchange and SharePoint income moves to Office 365 and System Center moves to inTune Cloud, but even if the rest have declined seriously, it doesn't seem likely that corporate use of Visual Studio and SQL Server and Bing Advertising would all have fallen by >75% in 8 years, does it?
bsder 8y ago
Office 365 is huge. Microsoft Office is a virus and Windows is just the vector.

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I've always used a lot of MS products, but really thought they'd be close to dying by now. Maybe they can make some money renting Azure Linux boxes, but doesn't

by rb808 8y ago

jodrellblank 8y ago
really thought they'd be close to dying by now. https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/26/17286900/microsoft-q3-2018-earnings-cloud-surface-linkedin-revenue https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/26/17286900/microsoft-q3-201... > 135 million active Office 365 business users, alongside 30.6 million Office 365 consumer subscriptions. > a 93 percent jump in Azure revenue. > Microsoft has once again returned Surface to the important billion dollar business target. > Xbox software and services revenue has grown 24 percent, > LinkedIn has now been included in Microsoft’s earnings reports for a full year now, and the social network was responsible for $1.3 billion of revenue this quarter. > Pro licenses of Windows grew 11 percent this quarter Like, which bit of this sounds like a company "close to dying"? "Nobody uses Windows anymore, it's too common". In a few moments googling I haven't been able to find if SQL Server is still a billion dollar business, or the other ten billion-dollar things they used to have still hold up today (Windows, Windows Server, Office, XBox, SQL, System Center, Exchange, SharePoint, Visual Studio, Dynamics, Advertising). Off the top of my head I'd guess Exchange and SharePoint income moves to Office 365 and System Center moves to inTune Cloud, but even if the rest have declined seriously, it doesn't seem likely that corporate use of Visual Studio and SQL Server and Bing Advertising would all have fallen by >75% in 8 years, does it?
bsder 8y ago
Office 365 is huge. Microsoft Office is a virus and Windows is just the vector.