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hnlmorg 2 hours ago

> Microsoft is Windows. Anyone saying otherwise is completely delusional.

What's delusional is making an unsubstantiated claims and then dismissing any counterarguments before they're made.

> Most of M$ office software has alternatives (Google Docs, OpenOffice...)

True. Yet MS Office is still the de facto standard.

> Github is constantly crashing and burning

True. But that doesn't mean it isn't still a business strategy for MS.

> Azure is garbage

Also true. But that doesn't mean it isn't profitable: "Microsoft Cloud revenue increased 23% to $168.9 billion."

> and they uttery killed Xbox

Quite the opposite. Xbox is thriving: "Xbox content and services revenue increased 16%."

> Oh and Linkedin is for actual psychopaths.

That's subjective. And even if it were true, that's got nothing to do with profitability (eg look at Facebook).

> If Windows dies, all of their other junk that is attached to the platform will die as well.

First off, literally no-one is claiming Windows is going to "die".

Secondly, even if it were to "die", you've provided no evidence why their other revenue streams wouldn't succeed when it's already been demonstrated that those revenue streams are growing, and in some cases, have already overtaken Windows.

seabrookmx an hour ago | parent [-]

I know devs are a different market, but how many folks do we know daily drive Mac/Linux and use MS dev tools? VS Code, Typescript, .NET?

I think they'll do just fine if Windows dies on the vine. They'll keep selling all the same software; even for PC gaming they already have their titles on Steam.