4 ms·
It reminds me of the late 1980s-early 1990s era calls to split Microsoft off into separate companies: OS and Office. A credulous judge was quoted saying "Micro
by blisterpeanuts 7y ago
It reminds me of the late 1980s-early 1990s era calls to split Microsoft off into separate companies: OS and Office. A credulous judge was quoted saying "Microsoft can just take other people's products and incorporate them into Windows!"
Today, the notion of Microsoft as a threat to the world seems quaint and laughable, though at the time it was deadly serious business.
In my opinion, the FAANG monopolies will pass, just as the MS-IBM hegemony passed. Something new will emerge - a 5G-based tech, maybe, or a Chinese AI or quantum machine - that will render the current tech giants irrelevant. Warren's plan is pointless and probably would be counter-productive.
- smileysteve 7y ago> Today, the notion of Microsoft as a threat to the world seems quaint and laughable, Interesting considering they are the most valuable company in the world by market cap. Addendum: Currently, MSFT's market cap is higher than Facebook, Google, Apple, and AMZN.
- blisterpeanuts 7y agoIt fluctuates; recently, Apple was the highest, then Amazon. The point is that few are talking about Microsoft as a monopolistic threat anymore; alternative technologies (Linux, MacOS, iOS, Android) have come along and knocked them off their once-dominant position.