Microsoft Has Not Much Left to Show Investors, Shares Fall Almost 20%
Microsoft is not doing well, it only pretends (bluster). Its share in Web browsers has fallen to a lower point than 2 years ago, its share in search is lower than before the LLM hype, Windows is in a freefall, and Office is not what it used to be.
It's not even clear how Microsoft makes money anymore. It is, however, very clear that Microsoft is deep in debt without much money left in the banks, hence thousands of layoffs so far in 2025.
To make matters worse, Microsoft (Microsoft Corp) lost nearly 20% in "market value" since December 17. It's not that this so-called 'market value' was ever real, but even shareholders are bailing out and even Jeff Epstein's BFF* is not quite interested in investing in Microsoft anymore; he knows it's a bad investment despite co-founding the company.
Last but not least, companies partnering with Microsoft are reported to be "lay[ing] off 25% of workforce", as mentioned here last night. This second report says: "Israeli AI startup D-ID has laid off 22 employees, which accounts for 25% of its workforce. [...] This decision follows the company’s recent partnership with Microsoft."
Well, this "partnership with Microsoft" is more likely a liability, not a win. Microsoft just sucks out the life of every company that it "partners" with. Ask Nokia how the "partnership" with Microsoft worked out. █
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* The MIT scandal had nothing to do with RMS, it was a lot about Bill Gates [1, 2].