[conspire] (forw) [GoLugTech] GoLUG leadership: was Linux users protested at Microsoft?

[Deirdre Saoirse Moen]

Excerpt cloud is their 3rd largest business line (of 3). What’s biggest? “More Personal Computing,” including—wait for it—OS licenses.

More Personal Computing 
More Personal Computing segment consists of products and services geared towards harmonizing the interests of end users, developers, and IT professionals across all devices. This segment primarily comprises: 
•​Windows, including Windows original equipment manufacturer (“OEM”) licensing and other non-volume licensing of the Windows operating system; Windows Commercial, comprising volume licensing of the Windows operating system, Windows cloud services, and other Windows commercial offerings; patent licensing; Windows Internet of Things (“IoT”); and MSN advertising. 
•​Devices, including Microsoft Surface, PC accessories, and other intelligent devices. 
•​Gaming, including Xbox hardware and Xbox software and services, comprising Xbox Live transactions, subscriptions, and advertising (“Xbox Live”), video games, and third-party video game royalties. 
•​Search.

Deirdre

> On Feb 19, 2019, at 8:21 PM, Texx <texxgadget at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> With the future of the cloud, a lot of the licensing becomes obsolete.
> They just bundle it into the hourly run time (usually around $0.0004 per hr)
> 
> I think they now realize that OS sales is a financial dead end.
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