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Re:Rivian valued at over $100B after biggest IPO of 2021 by long_time_gone on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @04:33PM (#29181166)
> Microsoft is not likely to find another billion desktop PCs onto which to sell a US-priced Windows/Office suite anytime soon.

Which is why Microsoft pivoted to additional revenue streams years ago. XBox, Azure, GitHub, SQL Server, LinkedIn, the Surface line, and more.

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Re:Rivian valued at over $100B after biggest IPO of 2021 by runako on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @04:36PM (#29181225)
What's great about this reply is that the pivot to (in particular) Azure is exactly what has changed the narrative and thereby driven the most recent growth in the stock.
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