alt Hacker NewsMicrosoft is Windows. Anyone saying otherwise is completely delusional.
Most of M$ office software has alternatives (Google Docs, OpenOffice...), M$ has no AI model and no AI labs to speak of, Github is constantly crashing and burning, Azure is garbage, and they uttery killed Xbox.
Oh and Linkedin is for actual psychopaths.
If Windows dies, all of their other junk that is attached to the platform will die as well.
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> 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.
> LinkedIn is for actual psychopaths
This is true. Peruse r/LinkedinLunatics to see them in action
Holding one's unsubstantiated personal beliefs above all evidence and rational argument is, in fact, delusion.
The evidence in TFA is that Microsoft is much more than Windows. So much more in fact that one can make a very reasonable argument that it's no longer a top priority for them.
The delusion is shutting your eyes, covering your ears, and screaming about how literally everyone except you is wrong.
This is why I have been saying that Microsoft is about to go the way of Sears when the AI bubble pops.
But it doesn't matter that Azure is garbage, because the people they market it to are big enterprise CTOs, not the actual engineers who'll have to use it. Azure has quite a few of the S&P500 using it.