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On 10/26/2024 9:30 AM, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:

> Le 24-10-2024, DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> a écrit :
>>   From
>> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/export/
> 
> Let say that the major part of this list is only different versions of
> the same product. I'll try o remember that when you say there are too
> many Linux distros.

If you consolidate the list by removing versions and associated products 
meant for different use cases, it's still around 150 product lines that 
have collectively generated more than $2,000,000,000,000 for the 
Microsoft Corp, and employed many tens of thousands of people.

GuhNoo hobbyists can't compete.


-------------------------------
    MS Revenue        Employees
  ----------------    ---------
FY      $B    Chg      K   Chg
-------------------------------
1991    1.8            8
1992    2.8   50%     12   40%
1993    3.8   36%     14   25%
1994    4.7   24%     15    3%
1995    5.9   28%     18   17%
1996    8.7   46%     21   16%
1997   11.4   31%     22    8%
1998   14.5   27%     27   22%
1999   19.8   36%     31   16%
2000   23.0   16%     39   25%
2001   25.3   10%     47   22%
2002   28.4   12%     50    6%
2003   32.2   13%     55    9%
2004   36.8   14%     57    4%
2005   39.8    8%     61    7%
2006   44.3   11%     71   16%
2007   51.1   15%     79   11%
2008   60.4   18%     91   15%
2009   58.4   -3%     93    2%
2010   62.5    7%     89   -4%
2011   69.9   12%     90    1%
2012   73.7    5%     94    4%
2013   77.9    6%     99    5%
2014   86.8   12%    128   29%
2015   93.6    8%    118   -8%
2016   85.3   -9%    114   -3%
2017   90.0    6%    124    9%
2018  110.4   23%    131    6%
2019  125.8   14%    144   10%
2020  143.0   14%    163   13%
2021  168.1   18%    181   11%
2022  198.3   18%    221   22%
2023  211.9    7%    221    0%
-------------------------------
Tot  2070.3
-------------------------------

employee counts
https://stockanalysis.com/stocks/msft/employees/

revenue from various sources



147 Products/Product Lines consolidated by me
---------------------------------------------
..NET
API Management
ActiveSync
Advanced Group Policy Management
Advanced Threat Analytics
Adxstudio Portals
Alacris Identity Validation Server/Client
Antigen
App Service Environment
AppFabric for Windows Server
Application Virtualization
AssetMetrix
Azure (33 products)
BitLocker Administration and Monitoring
BizTalk
Business Solutions
Class Server
Classic Application Gateway
Classic ExpressRoute Gateway
Classic Reserved IP Addresses
Classic Storage Accounts
Classic VPN Gateway
Classic Virtual Network
Cloud Platform System
Cloud for Healthcare
Commerce Server
Compute Cluster Pack
Configuration Manager
Connected Services Framework
Content Management Server
Customer Care Framework
Defender for Cloud
Deployment Agent
Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset
Duet Enterprise for  SharePoint and SAP
Duet for  Office and SAP
Dynamics
Edge
Engyro Product Connectors
Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET)
Enterprise Desktop Virtualization
Exchange Server
Expression
FAST Search Server (for Internet Sites, for Internal Applications)
FSLogix
Forecaster
Forefront
GPOVault
Genomics
Groove
HPC Pack
Helmsman
HockeyApp
Host Integration Server
Hyper-V Server
Identity
InMage Scout in Azure Site Recovery
Integration Designer
Integration Services Environment
Intelligent Application Gateway
Internet Explorer
Internet Information Services (IIS)
Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2004
Kaizala
Learning Essentials v1.5 with SCORM
Lync
Machine Learning
Mediaroom
Mobile Internet Toolkit
Office Access
Office Excel
Office InfoPath
Office OneNote
Office Outlook
Office PowerPoint
Office Project
Office Publisher
Office Visio
Office Word
OneDrive for Business
Operations Manager (MOM)
Parature
PixelSense
PlayReady Server Software Development Kit
Plus! for Windows XP
PolicyMaker
Power BI Report Server
PowerShell
ProClarity
Purview
Report Viewer
Robotics
SAP HANA Large Instances (HLIs)
SQL Server
Search Server
Secured Dimensions SecureLM
Service Bus for Windows Server
Service Fabric stand-alone package for Windows Server
SharePoint
Silverlight
Skype for Business
SoftGrid Application Virtualization
Software Licensing and Protection Server
Solution for Hosted Messaging and Collaboration 3.5
Speech Server
StorSimple
Store for Business and Education
Sync Framework
System Center
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