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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.
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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.