Why Microsoft Wants You to Think Windows 7 Can't Be Upgraded
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@scottalanmiller said in Why Microsoft Wants You to Think Windows 7 Can't Be Upgraded:
But their "real" money comes from sources like Azure, Office 365, MS Office, and such... all of which benefit from the OS being free and more wide spread.
I'd shorten that to say the "real" money comes from Azure (or at least, will do in the future). All other Microsoft products are now merely tools to sell Azure. They are now a hosting company rather than a software company.
I now work in Microsoft Dynamics, and it's not about what companies use to run their business applications, it's about where their business applications are hosted. Microsoft are happy for you to run Salesforce (ostensibly a competitor), if you run it in Azure.
I don't expect them to do much with their server OS, as I don't think they see that in their future. Desktop OS is important, because you need a desktop to access the cloud - but it's only important in as much as it is used to sell Azure.
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@Carnival-Boy said in Why Microsoft Wants You to Think Windows 7 Can't Be Upgraded:
Desktop OS is important, because you need a desktop to access the cloud - but it's only important in as much as it is used to sell Azure.
But you can access Azure just as well (or better in many cases) from Ubuntu, ChromeOS, Fedora, macOS, etc. In many cases, their desktop OS is actually a detriment to their Azure business because it is mired in legacy apps that don't work [well] on cloud. Whereas all the other OSes tend to be far less mired in legacy apps and more cloud friendly in their ecosystems.
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@scottalanmiller said in Why Microsoft Wants You to Think Windows 7 Can't Be Upgraded:
@Carnival-Boy said in Why Microsoft Wants You to Think Windows 7 Can't Be Upgraded:
Desktop OS is important, because you need a desktop to access the cloud - but it's only important in as much as it is used to sell Azure.
But you can access Azure just as well (or better in many cases) from Ubuntu, ChromeOS, Fedora, macOS, etc.
Of course, but you can push users towards Azure by controlling what users see on the desktop - think pre-installing Skype or Edge or the Microsoft App Store. Google do the same for their OS. Amazon are probably the most explicit in practically giving away Amazon Fires just to push Amazon services.
