Microsoft Volume II
In 1999, Microsoft became the most valuable company in the world. And in 2019, Microsoft became the most valuable company in the world, again . But… what happened in the twenty years in between? The answer, as we discovered in our research, is probably not what you think. In this episode we explore and analyze the browser wars and the DOJ case, Windows XP through 8, Surface, Xbox, search, Yahoo!, Bing, the iPhone, Nokia, mobile, social, Facebook… and oh yeah, a little thing called Azure and the enterprise — which ended up becoming so big that no failures mattered. Tune in for Microsoft, Volume II. Sponsors: WorkOS: https://bit.ly/workos25 Intapp: https://bit.ly/acquiredintapp Sentry: https://bit.ly/acquiredsentry Anthropic: https://bit.ly/acquiredclaude25 Links: Bill Gurley on Android’s “L
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