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They could probably cut the entire Copilot division and a third of middle management and come out well ahead.
Holy shit that’s a lot of people. Wow. Fuck
Anyone able to interpret this, levels?
“This offer will be available to eligible employees in participating teams in Canada, India, the United Kingdom and the United States at level 70 and below,”
Geez - so first come first serve for titles under VP?
I can’t believe I’m going to watch Microsoft go bankrupt in my lifetime.
Genuinely I’m curious what will happen if that’s the case and windows just ceases to exist
People will use ‘AI’ to vibecode their own OS. Some will even sell them. Thousands of similar ‘Microsoft Lite’ companies will pop up. Most will fail.
Broadcom will buy it. Technologies go to Broadcom to die…
And then will come The Age of Linux!
Well, it used to be Computer Associates where products went to die…
So I guess that means there has been progress… Maybe???
Eh some other company will buy it. Windows is still one of Microsoft’s main money maker. Also what company would want to miss on the sweet sweet data Windows is collecting, that alone is worth tens of billions.
Yeah the way I see it either A) Someone buys it although it probably will lose user share maybe it becomes a corporate OS B) A bunch of proprietary Linux distros / forks crop up C) MacOS
There is civil infrasructure still running Windows 3.1, unfortunately.
Windows will continue to exist for a long time after any fall. And once it finally becomes impractical to remain on that platform, most users will go to MacOS and most businesses will go to Linux. And a lot of Windows software will run in emulation on both platforms for the foreseeable future.
Not a fan of it, but what if the older versions still needed by some places get reverse engineered by AI and upgraded to be up to date? For some things you don’t need the latest, you just need what has worked for years. Just need to keep it air gaped from the internet, but that could be patched.
Old stuff shouldn’t be changed. As long as it’s offline and it’s reliable, it will keep chugging.
The only problem is when it doesn’t, parts replacement gets much more difficult.
Using AI would be antithetical to patching old software. That said, there are groups keeeping older OSes secure with fan patches.
The ghost of Steve Jobs would be laughing his ass off…
And on the annual eve of the $1000+ Project Helix too!
Fortune says it will be $1200-1800, insane.
How can that be? I’d envision it’s simply a device to play cloud games. How much could it cost?
Not really asking you but I’m baffled by that price. MS is outta their minds
It won’t be fully cloud, if the rumors true it’ll be close to a 5080 quality. With how insane the ram and storage market is in right now, those components alone are estimated to cost 700-800 bucks.
What’s that?
The next Xbox gaming system.
Microsoft (MSFT.O), opens new tab said on Monday it is offering voluntary buyouts to about 60,000 employees, or more than a quarter of its global workforce, as the technology giant looks to contain costs and help fund its massive AI investments.
Meaning, fund their losses. The receipts are coming due.
If microsoft is a casualty of the upcoming market crash, that would be so hilarious.
They’re already making losing plays. They spent too much building out worthless technology that no one wants, and now they’re amputating parts of the company to help pay off the debt.
They’re just trying to fail gracefully at this point.
I guess time will tell if they’re an AOL or a Bear Sterns.
They were struggling before and Copilot has been a disappointment they can’t admit to. They were going to be the first to fall. But not last.
Out of the playbook: “So you need to make number go up while paying for silicon valley’s money burning scam!”
Instead of making a better product.
Corporate branches are viruses that kill their host.
Honestly shame on anyone still working there.
I’d take it!
