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>If Microsoft isn’t winning they quit and give up. they hardly make an effort. If it isn’t easy to win, they don’t want to play at all. Huh? That's not even r
by tw04 3y ago
>If Microsoft isn’t winning they quit and give up. they hardly make an effort. If it isn’t easy to win, they don’t want to play at all.
Huh? That's not even remotely accurate. It took Microsoft almost a decade just to hit 2% market share for the surface laptop brand and they have yet to throw in the towel.
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/26/microsoft-surface-is-nearly-a-7-billion-business-after-a-decade.html https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/26/microsoft-surface-is-nearly-...
Skype for Business wasn't even a rounding error on their balance sheet or market share and they stuck with that for almost 20 years, eventually rolling it into Teams.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/266191/skype-revenue-since-2006/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/266191/skype-revenue-sin...
- seanmcdirmid 3y ago> Skype for Business wasn't even a rounding error on their balance sheet or market share and they stuck with that for almost 20 years, eventually rolling it into Teams. Microsoft bought Skype in 2011. You almost made me feel 10 years older for a second.
- accoil 3y agoStill not 20 years, but it's probably better to start at Office Communicator which was from 2007. Skype for Business was a rebrand of a rebrand of that, and apart from name has no relation to Skype.