For AWS we should split the platform and the managed services (no one should have to compete with "the platform". See elasticsearch, redis).
This also works for Amazon retail, they should not be allowed to sell on their own marketplace (they have to choose, they are either a marketplace or a seller)
I've always thought is should be Azure, Office and XBox, and each should get their own copy of Windows that they could focus on different things while still being largely compatible. Don't know if XBox could survive on it's own.
Xbox has been nothing more than a budget, low-spec, walled in gaming PC for about 1.5 console generations. It no longer has exclusive games, and the hardware (console and peripherals) are mediocre.
(PlayStation is almost in the same boat, except they have significant sales in regions where PC gaming is much smaller than in the US.)
Huh, why? Xbox is a great example of a business unit that should be self-sustainable.
Not that it matters.,Microsoft has done a spectacular job of killing Xbox even with its ability to sustain setting money on fire for the past decade. Xbox has been an unmitigated disaster since Xbox One.
And? We were talking about other businesses that should be split up in addition to Google. It would be weird if the only answers were Google-owned ventures...
This also works for Amazon retail, they should not be allowed to sell on their own marketplace (they have to choose, they are either a marketplace or a seller)