Subj : Re: SSH on BBSes
To   : Nightfox
From : Dr. What
Date : Fri Apr 22 2022 00:01:25

-=> Nightfox wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

 PF> Microsoft used to see Linux as a competitor when they were in the OS
 PF> business

 Ni> Is Microsoft no longer in the OS business?

Microsoft (for once) is being proactive.  They are seeing that the desktop OS
business is not the cash cow that it once was.  The number of desktops systems
are going down in favor of phones and tablets - which are controlled by Android
and iOS.

They are still in the OS business, but they aren't being nearly as aggressive
as they used to be about it.

 Ni> There are still a lot of Windows PCs out there,

But the are decreasing as the more casual users see that they only need a phone
and/or tablet - or even something like a Chromebook.

 Ni> and I would imagine
 Ni> Microsoft is still making a large amount of money from selling copies
 Ni> of Windows when people upgrade or buy new PCs.

They are making big bucks off of Windows.  But that revenue is going down, not
up.  The time to focus on something else is before that revenue dries up.


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