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All those tears, from hipster boys pronouncing Microsoft dead, will be delicious!

"Microsoft has no marketshare", "Microsoft just doesn't get it", "Microsoft lost the war", "Microsoft is dead".

Microsoft still has about 90% desktop market share. In the Office document market, they're even stronger. Microsoft simply came a little late to improving their mobile product, which left the door open for Google, thus missing out in an important new market. Their revenues have constantly increased over the last decade. They have close to $100 billion in cash reserves.

http://markets.ft.com/research/Markets/Tearsheets/Financials...

Microsoft is still an incredibly powerful company.

Yep, and I still use my desktop once every day (or couple days at the very least)..

Meanwhile I'm using my cell phone dozens times a day and a tablet at least 3-4 times a day.

Man this must be terrifying for Microsoft. To have a dominant position on a form factor that is quickly becoming irrelevant.

Yeah, PCs are on the way out. Any day now. I suppose it will be the same year as Linux for end users.

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