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Windows exit strategy 2017-09-15 12:32:32 Post No. 62435751
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say one day Microsoft goes "enough of this" and decides they don't want to support Windows anymore. most likely because it doesn't generate any revenues (pennies compared to office or server or cloud, and people keep pirating it)
1. what would their exit strategy be? surely they can't just go cold turkey. they'd be sued out of existence.
2. what would happen to the OS ecosystem? would linux or OS X take over? which one would hardware manufacturer produce drivers for? can another OS emerge?
3. or would desktops and laptops just die and be replaced by tablets, smartphones, and consoles?
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won't happen because windows is part of the core (not the only) strategy to get people to use other microsoft services
they're perfectly OK with windows actually losing money as long as the others continue churning
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I could see windows becoming a desktop environment on linux, similar to osx/unix. Alternatively, they announce end of life support for windows 10 years out, and everybody buys a mac, where they continue to "enjoy" office and other microsoft softwares.
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>I could see windows becoming a desktop environment on linux,
The Linux dream. It'll never happen. Stop fapping.
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