Comment by ykonstant
6 days ago
And based on historical trends, they are doing the clever thing. If there are enterprises today still running IBM mainframes, MS is probably right to expect that today's enterprise contracts will be paying off at least 40 years down the line -- especially when you factor in the motte of regulatory traps and labyrinthine compliance checks.
Yeah I can't blame them. Just as I can't blame Nvidia for ripping off the hyperscalers. It is terrible for consumers though.
The only positive is all the interest in Linux and software optimization though.