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What will MS do when Linux becomes a serious threat to their monopoly ? (lemmy.world)
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Will they lobby for laws that prohibit Linux or make it difficult to install? What actions might they take in the future?

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[–] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Windows is only 12% of Microsoft’s revenue

That may be true, but a lot of their profits build on that Windows monopoly. I wouldn't be surprised if about 80% of their profits depend on Windows.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    Do you have a source for that? This chart says otherwise:

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago*

    Thanks for the chart. 👍
    Tomato tomato.
    I wrote profits, and from the chart you show, clearly above 50% of their revenue is from Windows and derived products.
    Last I heard the profit margin for Windows and Office was around 90%, AFAIK by far the highest of the business. So I'm pretty sure that combined with Server products Search and the part of gaming that is on Windows, it will be very close to 80% of the profits.

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