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by 9wzYQbTYsAIc 2021 days ago
According to their 2018 reporting, Windows and Xbox is actually making more money than Office. In reality, they have an almost even three way split between Productivity, Azure, and Personal.

https://www.fool.com/investing/2019/02/19/heres-how-microsof...

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5 years ago they changed their reporting segments and buried Windows in with devices because they knew which way it was heading

Low-margin high-volume sales of Xbox and Surface etc. really distort that segment to the point where it's almost useless to attempt to derive what Windows is worth anymore

This reflects Satyas move and shifts away from Balmers attempts to claw onto Windows as a profit center