Microsoft Has All the Symptoms of a Dying Company (Mass Layoffs of the People Who Built the Company)
In Moldova, Windows fell from 99% to less than 20%. In Belarus, Windows was measured at 40% some years ago. At one point, in Ukraine, it was measured at only 26% - nowhere near 99% (where it was in the age of Vista 7). Microsoft is shedding off staff like crazy and it's not even done yet. Assuming one believes false valuations (the Wall Street roulette), Microsoft lost over a trillion dollars in "value" (so-called 'value').
This latest thread "regarding layoffs at Microsoft Corp." illuminates the atmosphere inside the company - that of a sinking ship:
Well, the company's debt is going through the ceiling. That's despite about 50,000-70,000 (by our estimates) layoffs in 3 years. █
"Microsoft, the world’s most valuable company, declared a profit of $4.5 billion in 1998; when the cost of options awarded that year, plus the change in the value of outstanding options, is deducted, the firm made a loss of $18 billion, according to Smithers."