Re: MS is doomed... any year now

DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:

MS revenue is up:
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* 115.2x since the release of GuhNoo/Linux in 1991
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*   6.6x since Torvalds said 21 years ago that Linux would
    unintentionally "destroy Microsoft"
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*   3.4x since cola advocate 7 said in 2010 that "Linux is going to kill
    Micoshaft Crocporation"
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*   3.0x since cola advocate Roy Spamowitz said in 2011 that "Microsoft
    is dying on its own"
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*   2.4x since cola advocate Feeb said in 2017 that "Microshit will go
    down in history as an abject failure"
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The prescience of GuhNoo/Linux idiots is a wonder to behold.
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         Revenue      Employees
FY      $B    Chg      K   Chg
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1991    1.8            8
1992    2.8   50%     12   40%
1993    3.8   36%     14   25%
1994    4.7   24%     15    3%
1995    5.9   28%     18   17%
1996    8.7   46%     21   16%
1997   11.4   31%     22    8%
1998   14.5   27%     27   22%
1999   19.8   36%     31   16%
2000   23.0   16%     39   25%
2001   25.3   10%     47   22%
2002   28.4   12%     50    6%
2003   32.2   13%     55    9%
2004   36.8   14%     57    4%
2005   39.8    8%     61    7%
2006   44.3   11%     71   16%
2007   51.1   15%     79   11%
2008   60.4   18%     91   15%
2009   58.4   -3%     93    2%
2010   62.5    7%     89   -4%
2011   69.9   12%     90    1%
2012   73.7    5%     94    4%
2013   77.9    6%     99    5%
2014   86.8   12%    128   29%
2015   93.6    8%    118   -8%
2016   85.3   -9%    114   -3%
2017   90.0    6%    124    9%
2018  110.4   23%    131    6%
2019  125.8   14%    144   10%
2020  143.0   14%    163   13%
2021  168.1   18%    181   11%
2022  198.3   18%    221   22%
2023  211.9    7%    221    0%
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employee counts (rounded by me)
https://stockanalysis.com/stocks/msft/employees/
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revenue from various sources

Maybe you have a point, but Windows 11 is still bloatware.  I have had
virtually all good experiences with Mint on the newer computer.  It
takes advantage of its modern power without the baggage of M$.

--
Joel W. Crump

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Section 1.

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United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of
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Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent.  States are
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