Re:Yahoo misses profit expectations in what could be its las...
by dredmorbius on Tuesday July 19, 2016 @02:12AM
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AFAIK the vast bulk of Microsoft's revenue continues to come from software: OS, Office, and Server products. I've not seen a breakdown for some time.
Microsoft have been trying to get out of this for quite some time. Back when I worked for a very large revolving credit transactions processor, the stated goal was to get into the online payments game (this nearly 20 years ago now). Microsoft Passport was among the products aimed at this effort, which ultimately failed, attributed by many at the time with the lack of trust any other business had at getting in bed with Microsoft standing on their revenue stream.
Microsoft have been trying to get out of this for quite some time. Back when I worked for a very large revolving credit transactions processor, the stated goal was to get into the online payments game (this nearly 20 years ago now). Microsoft Passport was among the products aimed at this effort, which ultimately failed, attributed by many at the time with the lack of trust any other business had at getting in bed with Microsoft standing on their revenue stream.