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Colombian Trends Help Explain Why Microsoft Rushes to Start the Year With Mass Layoffs (Before Some Staff is Even Back to Work!)

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 10, 2025

Nice gains for "proper" (freedom-respecting) GNU/Linux again:

On Christmas Eve we showed that Microsoft had lost control in Colombia, having already shown the growth of GNU/Linux there in the middle of 2024.

Judging by the 2025 data, Microsoft's slide has accelerated further. No wonder there are mass layoffs (first of GAFAM) as early as week 1 of 2025.

Windows becomes less and less profitable over time, based on Microsoft's own data. █

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