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Microsoft CFO calls for 'intensity' in an internal memo, after blowout earnings (www.businessinsider.com)
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[–] RickRussell_CA@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Vertical integration. Windows underpins Office, and even cloud services.

Xbox though, they've already pretty much written its epitaph.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Xbox is actively being dropped from Target and Walmart, but it doesn't help that the push is for digital games with no physical presence in stores.

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Isn't Linux mostly used for cloud services though?

[–] RickRussell_CA@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I have no statistics, but my sense is that most orgs still depend on Active Directory, Sharepoint, and other services that are Windows-based and often hosted on the company's cloud structure. And Azure itself is fundamentally a Windows service.

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/linuxandopensourceblog/announcing-availability-of-almalinux-as-an-endorsed-linux-distribution-in-azure/4282201

Linux has become the most popular operating system on Azure as over 60% of customer cores run Linux-based workloads.

Even on Microsoft Azure they mostly use Linux

Maybe windows still underpins some important services for them though, I can't really comment on that

[–] Ugurcan@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Xbox should’ve been the prestige product for Microsoft (just like Logic/Final Cut for Apple) but Xbox itself depleted any prestige it ever accumulated over the last few years.