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I think Microsoft would be better off today if they had been broken up by the government. Windows, Server, Office, Gaming, and Online as individual companies w
by nostromo 14y ago
I think Microsoft would be better off today if they had been broken up by the government.
Windows, Server, Office, Gaming, and Online as individual companies would all have been powerful, fierce competitors in the aughts. A few of them would already be dead, but others could be incredibly strong.
Instead they are a huge conglomeration that lacks vision and direction.
- kooshball 14y ago> Instead they are a huge conglomeration that lacks vision and direction. Have you read this? http://www.microsoft.com/investor/reports/ar12/shareholder-letter/index.html http://www.microsoft.com/investor/reports/ar12/shareholder-l... This is the vision. Device and services.
- mtgx 14y agoI think this point was that this needed to happen a long time ago, and not just now as a response to Apple and Google.