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I think we don't know the answer. 10 years ago few would imagine Microsoft not being a tech leader. 30 years ago few would image that PCs would replace IBM main
by eugenejen 17y ago
I think we don't know the answer. 10 years ago few would imagine Microsoft not being a tech leader. 30 years ago few would image that PCs would replace IBM mainframes for most of the computing tasks. 150 years ago few imaged computing machines exists.
There are always something out of left field that knock dinosaurs on the head and flip them over. Unfortunately we never know what that will be until it hit the dinosaurs.
- ryanwaggoner 17y agoUmm...just FYI, Microsoft is still very much a tech leader.
- nailer 17y agoRevenue from MS Office and Windows is great, sure. But those products are more than ten years old, and are increasingly being commoditized. What new technology has Microsoft led in the 2000s? Surface isn't an invention. Portable media they lost out on bigtime. Web video they lost on. The CLR is innovative and great but more than 10 years old now.