The thing that I don’t get is that moving everything to the cloud kind of destroys their moat, doesn’t it? The only reason Windows has maintained it’s place in the OS ecosystem is because people claim everything runs on Windows. I think it really speaks to how far software on Windows has fallen (e.g. scammy nonfree programs being required for basic tasks like managing hard drive partitions) that Microsoft thinks that’s worth blowing up. Of course, I understand the justification of Microsoft is a huge cloud player, but why wouldn’t they try to maintain OS dominance?
The thing that I don’t get is that moving everything to the cloud kind of destroys their moat, doesn’t it? The only reason Windows has maintained it’s place in the OS ecosystem is because people claim everything runs on Windows. I think it really speaks to how far software on Windows has fallen (e.g. scammy nonfree programs being required for basic tasks like managing hard drive partitions) that Microsoft thinks that’s worth blowing up. Of course, I understand the justification of Microsoft is a huge cloud player, but why wouldn’t they try to maintain OS dominance?