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It's funny how Microsoft isn't mentioned in the same breath as FAANG companies. It's in the top 3 companies by market cap, has a dozen billion-dollar businesses
by pradn 8y ago
It's funny how Microsoft isn't mentioned in the same breath as FAANG companies. It's in the top 3 companies by market cap, has a dozen billion-dollar businesses, does really well in enterprise, is aggressive in the cloud and hardware, has a large seat at the open-source table these days, and has a large set of older products that keep generating billions. If Apple is in there, why not Microsoft? Both are heavily concentrated in one area, pay similarly, have similar prestige. Is it simply because we don't know where to put the M in FAANG? Or is it because they aren't as big in the consumer space?
- Bhilai 8y agoMicrosoft is pretty big in consumer space as well - Xbox, Skype, Bing ...I think its Silicon Valley vs not in Silicon Valley thing. Microsoft is counted out because of not being physically located in SV. Thats my theory.
- Apocryphon 8y agoI’m pretty sure it’s because people assume after the antitrust case in the 90s that Microsoft is compliant now.
- djrogers 8y agoAmazon isn't located in SV either.
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