[flowerlad]

That can be considered victory only if Microsoft is an investment firm as opposed to a software company.

[dragonwriter]

> That can be considered victory only if Microsoft is an investment firm as opposed to a software company.

An investment vehicle would be more accurate, but that's the primary function of every broadly-held publicly-traded firm.

[mangamadaiyan]

Aren't they actually an investment firm with a passing interest in software?

[prng2021]

Maybe you should actually read one of their earnings reports. They don’t make $250B in annual revenue because of a “passing interest in software”.

[flowerlad]

You’re contradicting yourself with that statement. Microsoft is seen as a mercenary… yes they make a lot of money, that’s proof they’re a mercenary. If you want to prove they are not then point to software categories they invented, not how much money they are making.

[gneuron]

They're like the Merck of the pharma world.

[flowerlad]

Fair point