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   In comp.os.linux.misc The Natural Philosopher  wrote:   
   > People don't want to pay for operating systems any more. The *only*   
   > place Microsoft hangs on is the desktop, and desktop sales are now more   
   > or less commercial. Not many average dudes buy a desktop when they can   
   > have a fondleslab or a big fuck off 'rob me' mobile phone...   
   >   
   > Only hardcore gamers   
   >   
   > Nothing of any real significance has come out of Microsoft for ages.   
   >   
   > It is really a cash cow now. It will dwindle and get sold off. Gates has   
   > his billions.   
      
   Any major future dwindling of M$ won't be due to Windows losing   
   dominance, since it's already down to just 12.8% of their revenue   
   in 2022:   
   https://businessquant.com/microsoft-revenue-by-product   
      
   Money-wise they're mainly a "cloud" company now, selling services   
   that may often run on Linux. In fact they're making contributions   
   to Linux kernel development now, so it really is a brave new world:   
      
   Microsoft Engineer Sends Rust Linux Kernel Patches For In-Place   
   Module Initialization   
   https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Rust-In-Place-Module-Init   
      
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