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On Thu, 19 Sep 2024 18:20:56 +0000, Lynn Wheeler wrote:

> David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> writes:
>> No, it is a classic sign of a company that has found a way to get a
>> fairly stable revenue stream with a predictable path for the future.
>>
>> When their main income was selling Windows and Office licenses, they
>> were dependent on a continuously increasing market - that model was
>> doomed as they approached saturation.  A subscription model does not
>> have such limitations, even if the user base is not growing
>> significantly.
>
> 1996 MSDC Moscone, all the banners said "Internet" ... but the constant
> refrain in the sessions were protect your investment (data file embedded
> VS Basic automagic execution, evolved in the days of small, safe,
> business LANs ... but no new protections opening networking to the wild
> anarchy of the internet).
>
> MS employees were commenting that customers had been buying the latest
> releases for the new features ... but it had reached the point where the
> releases they were running now had 98% of the features they wanted (and
> the company wasn't sure what to do next).

In particular, MS has not added anything I want in Office since 2003
and in the OS in particular since 2005. Windows 7 is still better
than windows 10 or 11 or 12...

MS would make more money by allowing old OSs to keep running and sent
the employees home...