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>Accordingly, the return on investment of spending on Windows development is falling. As PC volume sales continue to fall off , it’s inevitably going to stop be
by belltaco 6y ago
>Accordingly, the return on investment of spending on Windows development is falling. As PC volume sales continue to fall off , it’s inevitably going to stop being a profit center and turn into a drag on the business.
Would that mean Microsoft could become like Apple on iDevices and force all Windows apps to be sold via the Windows Store for a 30% cut, to increase security of Windows and cut down most malware? What would be an estimate of how much money MS would have made over the years with a 30% cut similar to Apple? A couple trillion?
- dathinab 6y agoYes and no, at least for the next 5 or so years the cut will be much less, but lock-in will come, they already tried to go there before. That is except if the US court messes up in the ethic vs. Apple case giving Microsoft a implicit green lighting for such a thing.