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I really hate it when people glorify Apple for releasing Mavericks for free. They make money with hardware, not software. OS sales had no impact on their revenu

by kayoone 13y ago

I really hate it when people glorify Apple for releasing Mavericks for free. They make money with hardware, not software. OS sales had no impact on their revenue at all, so they made it free and people even think it's because they are such a nice company. Windows on the other hand is a big deal to MS revenue. Its Apples vs Oranges, no pun intended. Obv. thats a bad situation for MS to be in and they will need to adopt, but please stop thinking Apple did this out of good-will.

MattRogish 13y ago
Microsoft is switching to a "Devices and Services" company, didn't you get the memo? Anyway, MSFT should really just charge Enterprises for software, give it away to consumers, and monetize services/devices, as they have stated. Charging any amount of money for a consumer OS is stupid: it's not about the revenue but getting lock-in to the ecosystem. Microsoft is in dire risk of losing the consumer mindshare (to the extent that they already haven't). Startups are all using Apple products. Go to almost any large corporation and you're going to see a lot larger proportion of Mac products than 5-10 years ago (MacBooks). I don't believe it can be understated what a potential disaster this represents for Microsoft.
- kayoone 13y ago
  As stated, MS needs to adapt to this changing market, but still their business model has been fundamentally different up until recently. It's not like MS desktop market share is in danger though.
  - Karunamon 13y ago
    In the enterprise? You're right, not at all. At home? After the utter drubbing that Win8 took in the Media? When the owner of the biggest gaming platform on the OS has said they want to move away from it? The reasons to use Windows at home are slowly drying up.