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Re:Poll: Which FAANG is the most likely to decline in the ye... by spacechild1 on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @07:26AM (#29808119)
Microsoft should have always been part of the Big Five. FAANG never made much sense.
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Re:Poll: Which FAANG is the most likely to decline in the ye... by Jorengarenar on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @08:33AM (#29808658)
Exactly!

Although back in 2013 the criteria was: "totally dominant in their markets". AFAIK, Microsoft dominates only two markets (OS and office suites) and it's only if we limit ourselves to desktop; even then, it's not a total domination.

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Re:Poll: Which FAANG is the most likely to decline in the ye... by spacechild1 on Thursday January 06, 2022 @04:09PM (#29830197)
But which market has Apple ever been dominating?
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Re:Poll: Which FAANG is the most likely to decline in the ye... by Jorengarenar on Thursday January 06, 2022 @04:24PM (#29830430)
That was criteria for FANG. Via Wikipedia:

> Cramer expanded FANG to FAANG in 2017, adding Apple to the other four companies due to its revenues placing it as a potential Fortune 50 company.

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