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If they're B2B they're certainly not the next FB/Google.

• ZachPruckowski 16y ago
  Microsoft is largely B2B - it sells software licenses to OEMs for the hardware, and licenses to large corporate customers for productivity software like Office and SQL Server and so forth. Most of Microsoft's sales aren't people buying Windows in stores. Salesforce.com is another example of a B2B startup which grew explosively.
  • Splines 16y ago
    But Peter Thiel didn't say that Palantir was the next Microsoft, did he? It appears Palantir is doing well for themselves (although, who knows, maybe not), but calling themselves the next Facebook or Google smacks of hubris.
  • TheSOB88 16y ago
    To me, the culture is what makes FB/Google. And I don't mean the internal culture - I mean people having those companies be a part of actual culture. They've developed to the point where they're everyday entities; regular people identify with them just as you would your car company. I don't think it's so with MS.