As a consumer I never felt Microsoft was great at making software, They used(& abused) their monopoly position to stay relevant or perhaps even ubiquitous for s

As a consumer I never felt Microsoft was great at making software, They used(& abused) their monopoly position to stay relevant or perhaps even ubiquitous for software until the likes of Yahoo, Google and other members of FANG showed up and proved that they could make better software. Now a 25 member startup (or) an alturistic/idealistic individual(s) sitting in the basement of their parents house does indeed make better software than MS to solve various problems. But as an Entrepreneur I do have to acknowledge that making bad Software hasn't impacted Microsoft's ability to make money, Google although features in the aforementioned list of `Good software makers` has supposedly made lesser direct revenue with its own products(android) than MS made through it(patents) and Of course what's happening with GCP vs Azure is for everyone to see. Perhaps that's why MS makes bad SW, It concentrates on making money through where it matters for it and an average consumer don't even know that the MS software they're using is buggy (or) will put up with it unless they have an opportunity to try something else.