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by 3pt14159 2001 days ago
I'm sorry, but their market cap is like 10x in the past decade. Their revenue streams are different now, yes, but they recognized they'd lost the platform with the SaaSification of most things and they wisely moved into other areas. Yes, they could have tried something else that kept them as the winners of the OS game, but vertical integration wasn't really in their bloodstream. Platforming and services were.
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nailer 2001 days ago
>> A decade later (when Ballmer finished) they lost all three and their market cap barely moved.

> their market cap is like 10x in the past decade

Steve Ballmer left 6 years ago. Pick your source regarding Microsoft's market cap while Ballmer was leading:

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=steve+ballmer+market+cap

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=microsoft+lost+decade

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3pt14159 2000 days ago
Oh, I'm wrong then. I was under the mistaken impression that he was CEO much more recently than that. Thanks for the correction, it appears that you're completely correct about his leadership.

Thanks for updating my view!

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