Re: Microsoft makes a lot of money, Is Intel exceptionally unsuccessful as an architecture designer?

On Thu, 19 Sep 2024 18:20:56 +0000, Lynn Wheeler wrote:

David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> writes:

No, it is a classic sign of a company that has found a way to get a
fairly stable revenue stream with a predictable path for the future.
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When their main income was selling Windows and Office licenses, they
were dependent on a continuously increasing market - that model was
doomed as they approached saturation.  A subscription model does not
have such limitations, even if the user base is not growing
significantly.

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1996 MSDC Moscone, all the banners said "Internet" ... but the constant
refrain in the sessions were protect your investment (data file embedded
VS Basic automagic execution, evolved in the days of small, safe,
business LANs ... but no new protections opening networking to the wild
anarchy of the internet).
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MS employees were commenting that customers had been buying the latest
releases for the new features ... but it had reached the point where the
releases they were running now had 98% of the features they wanted (and
the company wasn't sure what to do next).

In particular, MS has not added anything I want in Office since 2003
and in the OS in particular since 2005. Windows 7 is still better
than windows 10 or 11 or 12...
MS would make more money by allowing old OSs to keep running and sent
the employees home...