XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: crude@sausa.ge   
      
   On 2025-08-13 4:10 p.m., Tyrone wrote:   
   > On Aug 13, 2025 at 8:26:39 AM EDT, "CrudeSausage"  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2025-08-12 10:52 p.m., Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>> On Wed, 13 Aug 2025 01:25:55 +0000, Tyrone wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> Microsoft has never been in better shape in its entire 47 year   
   >>>> history.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Yes, they have tried to sell stupid products that failed. But they   
   >>>> are laughing all the way to the bank every day.   
   >>>   
   >>> Always interesting, isn’t it, when someone defends the state of a company   
   >>> by trying to point out how profitable it is (i.e. how much money it is   
   >>> able to take off customers), rather than how good its products are (i.e.   
   >>> how useful those products are to the customers) ...   
   >>   
   >> I've been burned a number of times by Microsoft, enough to know that   
   >> there is no good reason to invest in any of their revolutionary products   
   >> anymore. They're abandoning the Xbox line I invested into, they   
   >> abandoned Microsoft Films & TV, they abandoned the Windows Phone, they   
   >> abandoned Microsoft Groove, etc..   
   >   
   > All consumer products, which is not Microsoft's core business. And never will   
   > be. BTW these were the "stupid products" I mentioned above.   
   >   
   > I personally moved to Apple when Windows phones died 8 years ago. I still   
   have   
   > a couple Windows phones and they still power on and work, but they are   
   > basically useless today.   
   >   
   > I have some news for you. Are you sitting down?  Microsoft does not care   
   about   
   > you or me or anyone else reading this. They care about businesses.  Azure   
   > alone pulled in $75 billion in fiscal 2025.  Azure was up 40% in the most   
   > recent quarter.  So, how much Azure do you use? I certainly have no use for   
   > it.   
   >   
   > But clearly lots of companies DO find it useful.   
      
   Well, that much was clear over the last few years. It seems that the   
   only real alternative to Windows is Apple, if you want a company to   
   cater to the needs of regular people anyway.   
      
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