Re:LinkedIn shares drop 40%, erasing $10B of company's value
by monkeywork on Saturday February 06, 2016 @01:25AM
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but Microsoft is still in top in terms of market share on desktop, and they have started to put a dent into the prosumer tablet market, and they compete well in the gaming market. I'd say they are still "on top"
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Re:LinkedIn shares drop 40%, erasing $10B of company's value
by angelbob on Saturday February 06, 2016 @04:26AM
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Microsoft is long past "nobody would ever be able to challenge them." Maybe on desktop, provided you exclude the server market.
You didn't used to have to exclude the server market. They owned that too. Then Linux challenged them and won.
In fact, they used to own all PCs. Then Apple challenged them for laptops and won.
Microsoft isn't doing badly, but it's not an unchallengeable juggernaut any more.
And Google won't be forever either.