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Re:The Windows Update Marathon in a VM: From Windows 1.01 to XP by sz4kerto on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @10:01AM (#21452931)
And they have made hundreds of billions of dollars. Surviving forever is not the only possible goal for a company: if you have a company that makes 100 dollars then it goes bankrupt then that's likely better than a company making steady 1 dollar a year.
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Re:The Windows Update Marathon in a VM: From Windows 1.01 to XP by scarface74 on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @10:46AM (#21453376)
And Microsoft is only seeing a resurgence by basically marginalizing Windows. I didn’t argue that MS isn’t successful but that Windows has lost importance in the modern tech industry.
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Re:The Windows Update Marathon in a VM: From Windows 1.01 to XP by UserIsUnused on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @10:58AM (#21453496)
Microsoft is about Microsoft, not Windows. While windows is loosing relevance, my Microsoft stock keeps on getting more valued. Dividends also keep coming and growing.
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Re:The Windows Update Marathon in a VM: From Windows 1.01 to XP by scarface74 on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @01:38PM (#21455259)
In the Gates/Ballmer era MS was definitely about Windows. They even withheld Office from iOS even though they had it ready during the Ballmer era to prop up Windows.
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