[nemothekid]

FAANG was coined by Wall Street and refers to high growth stocks (which is why it didn't also include Microsoft).

[ffggvv]

msft has grown as much or more than google and apple. (and more than fb and netflix)

[whymauri]

Not when the term was coined in 2013. It's honestly outdated.

[peter303]

MSFT stock mostly stagnant during Balmer, growth during Gates and Nadella. Balmer had bad luck expanding into new areas.

[mensetmanusman]

At the time MS was old hat. They only grew because Office 365 extended their natural monopoly in enterprise. Definitely a good stock pick in hindsight, but not the new type of ‘new’ platform growth that was going on at FAANG at the time.