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Re:“I am literally losing sleep” over Java (1996) by oaiey on Thursday January 06, 2022 @11:10AM (#29825363)
It is also key to understand that they are far more diverse than ever. Azure earns money independently, so does Office and Windows, XBox, etc. They do not rely on each other anymore.

The only big part which is different is the former developer division. I do not think they earn the money themselves but are more a cost center to everyone else. But considering that everyone else is a giant company with a diverse set of developer needs, maybe that is just okay. Which again is interesting because the rest of the industry is also relying on this part of Microsoft.

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Re:“I am literally losing sleep” over Java (1996) by runevault on Thursday January 06, 2022 @12:32PM (#29826642)
Even if .NET is technically a cost center, the reduced cost they get from optimizing it making things like Bing faster probably still makes it indirectly a profit center by saving them so much money.
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