What's your takeaway here? Is this mostly an exercise out of curiosity?
> The Techrights site frequently posts articles which say that
Microsoft's accounts should not be trusted.
It'd be illegal for a publicly-traded company to meddle with financial
results and they'd risk lawsuits from investors, so I'm not sure where
this claim comes from. Here's 2024 Q1 earnings:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/Investor/earnings/FY-2024-Q1/press-release-webcast
> Server products and cloud services is the product category generating
the most revenue. I personally do not often encounter Microsoft
servers, especially web servers and email servers, so such a large
presence comes as a surprise.
They missed the phone shift and cloud/Azure is where they put their
money at. Likely to keep trending upwards with the OpenAI hype as of
late. IIS is also fairly popular in corporate networks, but that's
probably a drop in the ocean for them now.
> Maybe Microsoft has woken up to the fact that with the limited market
share they hold today, they don't get to alter standards at will.
I don't think they have. I think you're confusing revenue with market
share. Windows/desktop is a drop in the bucket for the company in terms
of revenue, and the garbage that is Windows 11 shows for it. But they
still hold >90% strong of desktop/laptop market share due to their
partnerships with OEMs.
Which reminds me, how is it still legal for an OEM to ship a "default"
OS in a computer without giving the customer any choice, esp. with
BIOSes that now often don't let you boot a third-party OS unless you
enable the option explicitly (and those that they let you boot I think
need a secure boot key signed by Microsoft, lol)? Has this been an
avenue of research for the FSF or some other organization lately?
Marc
On 2/24/24 18:35, Akira Urushibata wrote:
I decided to take took a look at Microsoft's revenue structure. In
the past Windows was the leading product, and by far, but it is not so
today. In 2023 Windows accounted for only 10% of total revenue. In
the most recent quarter, revenue from games has surpassed revenue from
Windows.
Server products and cloud services is the product category generating
the most revenue. I personally do not often encounter Microsoft
servers, especially web servers and email servers, so such a large
presence comes as a surprise.
When Windows ruled dominant, we often encountered Microsoft products
with certain enhancements that did not respect established protocols
and standards. We often heard that the software faithful to the
standards was somehow broken. Nowadays I hear few tales of problems
of this sort. Maybe Microsoft has woken up to the fact that with the
limited market share they hold today, they don't get to alter
standards at will.
Maybe some list subscribers feel that now systemd has become a
source of concern.
Microsoft Revenue Breakdown - FourWeekMBA
https://fourweekmba.com/microsoft-revenue-breakdown/
Server Products & Cloud Services 79.97 37.7%
Office Products & Cloud Services 48.73 23.0%
Windows 21.50 10.1%
Gaming 15.46 7.2%
Linkedin 15.14 7.1%
Search Advertising 12.20 5.7%
Enterprise services 7.72 3.6%
Devices 5.52 2.6%
Other 5.60 2.6%
The Techrights site frequently posts articles which say that
Microsoft's accounts should not be trusted. The above figures are
from a site for students of business administration. I believe they
are based on reports from Microsoft.
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