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I'm not sure if Microsoft knows it, but it doesn't care about or need Windows anymore. Office has native apps and is on the web, Xbox is doing its own things, dotnet has been freed from Windows, and Azure doesn't need Windows. Computing is generally moving away from the personal computing model, so Windows is just less relevant.

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I was with you until you listed Xbox - their consoles are dying in the market.

They've adopted a strategy of calling everything "gaming" Xbox, and seem to be going all-in on Gamepass subscription revenue along with making their first-party games available on other platforms. I'll be surprised if there is another flagship console following the Series X.

We'll see how that works out for them.

They also just botched a price increase.

Microsoft is floundering right now.

XBox Game Pass looks a lot like the last straw to me. Looks like a(nother) cash grab.

"If at first you don't succeed, try, try again." - Don Mattrick

Office on the web sucks though. Slow AF and can't handle large documents.

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