Not-so-great features coming soon to Windows 11

Re:Not-so-great features coming soon to Windows 11 by seti0Cha on Sunday December 11, 2022 @09:08PM (#33950026)

I don't know man. Half the developers I know are now using a Microsoft tool to write code (more among web developers). Nearly everyone is using a Microsoft site to host their code, or relies on code hosted there. WSL and the new terminal have removed a couple of major roadblocks to using Windows for development, and Azure is doing gangbusters. Office is cross-platform and still ubiquitous in the corporate world and isn't going anywhere as long as they have active directory and all the other corporate management tools. They may be losing consumer mind share, but I don't think they really care that much. At this point consumer Windows is only valuable to them as a marketing platform so there's no point in retaining it if they don't use it as such.

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Re:Not-so-great features coming soon to Windows 11 by nequo on Sunday December 11, 2022 @11:55PM (#33951032)

That seems right. “Processes” (which includes LinkedIn and Office) and “intelligent cloud” are the largest part of their operating income.[1] “More personal computing” (which includes Windows) was less than a third, only 27%, of their total last year:

  (In millions, except percentages) 2021  2020 Percentage Change
  Processes $ 24,351  $ 18,724 30%
  Intelligent Cloud 26,126  18,324 43%
  More Personal Computing 19,439  15,911 22%
  Total $ 69,916  $ 52,959 32%

VS Code, GitHub, LinkedIn, and their pervasive telemetry are definitely part of a broader strategy.

[1] https://www.microsoft.com/investor/reports/ar21/index.html

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