I think the sentiment is that Microsoft now has an expiration date on it. You can't estimate it, but you could say that you are certain that they'll be closing their doors sooner or later. The OP is advocating that the company close their doors sooner, on their own terms, voluntarily. This would, according to the OP, good for the economy, though not good for Microsoft. I think we are seeing capitalism at work: Microsoft has run it's course, and is now just trudging along. It cannot pivot, and cannot turn back to a time when the software industry allowed it to flourish. In time, it will stumble, fall down and never get up. Then others will come along, take it apart, keep the useful parts going, and kill off the dead ends. This will happen slowly and organically. That's capitalism.