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> MS 2020 is far away from MS 2010. I haven't seen evidence of this. Their OS is at least as user hostile as before and they desperately seek developers. If I
by raxxorrax 6y ago
> MS 2020 is far away from MS 2010.
I haven't seen evidence of this. Their OS is at least as user hostile as before and they desperately seek developers.
If I have a specific technical problem I have to slay hundreds of sales people before I find someone with real expertise.
That they aren't as dominant as before is probably due to the fact that they have few developers and need to regain some. Financially Office is probably the largest income and sure, the standard corporate AD solutions are wide spread. But their cloud tech seems to be restricted to very large companies and I haven't seen much of it.
- gotstad 6y agoI am not sure you were ever looking for evidence in the first place. WSL and .NET as open-source? Their R&D budget in 2019 was twice that in 2010, meanwhile sales and marketing budget increased by 30%. Their Productivity and Business Processes (which includes Office, Dynamics, ERP and LinkedIn) accounted for 1/3 of global sales revenue in 2019. Sure, there are some things that have stayed the same in the last 10 years, but of all the FAANGS I would argue that MS is the company that changed the most in the last 10 years.