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I'm sorry, but their market cap is like 10x in the past decade. Their revenue streams are different now, yes, but they recognized they'd lost the platform with
by 3pt14159 6y ago
I'm sorry, but their market cap is like 10x in the past decade. Their revenue streams are different now, yes, but they recognized they'd lost the platform with the SaaSification of most things and they wisely moved into other areas. Yes, they could have tried something else that kept them as the winners of the OS game, but vertical integration wasn't really in their bloodstream. Platforming and services were.
- nailer 6y ago>> A decade later (when Ballmer finished) they lost all three and their market cap barely moved. > their market cap is like 10x in the past decade Steve Ballmer left 6 years ago. Pick your source regarding Microsoft's market cap while Ballmer was leading: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=steve+ballmer+market+cap https://duckduckgo.com/?q=steve+ballmer+market+cap https://duckduckgo.com/?q=microsoft+lost+decade https://duckduckgo.com/?q=microsoft+lost+decade
- 3pt14159 6y agoOh, I'm wrong then. I was under the mistaken impression that he was CEO much more recently than that. Thanks for the correction, it appears that you're completely correct about his leadership. Thanks for updating my view!