But my larger point is that if my business only grows to be the size of Microsof...

gnaffle · on July 4, 2012

Of course, but the question at that point becomes: How do you sustain those steady profits?

DEC was hugely successful in its day, but was a failure in the 90s because they couldn't manage the transition from minicomputers to PCs.

einhverfr · on July 4, 2012

By creating stuff that people find useful.

Also I am less convinced than others that Microsoft is flopping on everything. Azure is certainly a good start for example.

nl · on July 4, 2012

Azure is certainly a good start for example.

Seriously?

Azure is what - 4 years old? It's still yet to see significant adoption outside places that were already .NET/Windows shops.

Until that happens it's little more than another defensive play by Microsoft attempting to protect Windows revenue.

(Yes, I know it can run Linux VMs. Again - is anyone outside .NET shops using it?)

ladzoppelin · on July 4, 2012

Apple is using Azure for ICloud which is pretty huge. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/is-apple-really-using-wi... The Vanity Fair article is almost identical to the articles released before Windows 7 came out in 2009 predicting the same kind of stuff than never comes true. Windows 8 has the potential to be a huge so I am sure these cookie cutter "MS is doomed" articles are going to be more prevalent as we get closer to release.

einhverfr · on July 5, 2012

there have been folks on the PostgreSQL lists talking about their experience with Azure running Linux/PostgreSQL.

locusm · on July 5, 2012

Any links - we had huge perf issues...