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Re:Microsoft’s Q4 earnings and 2020 expectations by uses on Friday July 19, 2019 @12:29PM (#20480053)
I'd imagine most HNers are aware that MS owns the world's social code platform as well as the hottest general purpose editor. That mind share counts for an awful lot compared to like, 3 years ago.
Re:Microsoft’s Q4 earnings and 2020 expectations by aloer on Friday July 19, 2019 @12:49PM (#20480280)
don't forgot Linkedin and, to a certain degree, Minecraft.

It's fun seeing them like Disney with all those different brands and universes where they could squeeze out a ton of interesting things and immediately have a big market waiting. They have access to developers, to job seekers, can push certifications for their own cloud, to enterprise, to classrooms, to great hardware engineers and to minecraft to introduce upcoming AR/VR hardware with. One of the perhaps best brands for this (after pokemon?)