Re: Is Intel exceptionally unsuccessful as an architecture designer?

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

On 18/09/2024 02:42, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Wed, 18 Sep 2024 02:54:51 +0300, Michael S wrote:
 

There are few things Intel would wish more than to "suffer"
financially like Microsoft.

 
It is true that Microsoft is not (yet) losing money, but still the
revenues from its Windows cash cow cannot be what they used to be, if you
look at the declining level of investment Microsoft is putting back into
its flagship OS.
 

 
I think MS has long ago stopped viewing desktop Windows as a cash cow.
But it still gets in a lot of money from server versions, as well as
server software such as MS SQL server.  (The client access licences for
these cost far more than Windows desktop ever did.) 

There are lots of free SQL servers now, this has forced Microsoft to make
MS SQL Express free for smaller than enterprise editions.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=101064

https://josipmisko.com/posts/sql-express-limitations#

Those limits dwarf our needs.

Their main cash
cow, I believe, is subscriptions to Office365 and associated software
where they have a near-monopoly for business use.  (I expect Azure and
everything there also makes money, but it has to compete with other
cloud companies.)
 

Its game division is also undergoing a bit of an upheaval at the moment.
Its own games are moving away from being exclusives to its own console
platform.
 
And look at its ongoing unsuccessful attempts to port Windows to the ARM
architecture.

 
I'd rather not look at that, thanks!