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Microsoft Is Now More Valuable Than Alphabet (cnbc.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the third-in-line dept.

Microsoft has surged 40 percent over the past 12 months to become more valuable than Alphabet. "As of Tuesday's close, Microsoft was worth $749 billion and Alphabet's market capitalization stood at $739 billion," reports CNBC. From the report: Microsoft's latest rally has been sparked by growth in its cloud computing business, which is bigger than Google's though it still trails Amazon Web Services. In March, Microsoft reorganized its Windows and Devices Group and moved its engineering resources into other units, including one focusing on cloud and artificial intelligence. Both Microsoft and Alphabet beat analysts' expectations in the first quarter. Microsoft still trails behind Apple's market valuation of $923 billion and Amazon's $782 billion market cap.

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  1. i do not get apple evaluation at first by mapkinase · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Then I learned that Apple reported net income of 50B annually recently.

    Apparently, marketing works. They probably have the highest markup margin in tech.

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  2. NB by Artem+S.+Tashkinov · · Score: 4, Interesting

    According to cocaine nose jobs from WallStreet?

    (Sorry, I've never been convinced by the stock market - to me it's one enormous speculation).

  3. Re:Microsoft should be worth less by GuB-42 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It is not just older vs newer evil, these companies have different evil based on their business model.

    Apple is a hardware company, their evil is planned obsolescence
    Google is an advertising company, their evil is invasion of privacy
    Microsoft is a software company, their evil is proprietary software lock down
    Amazon is an online shopping company, their evil is destroying the local economy

  4. Re:Microsoft should be worth more by lgw · · Score: 3, Interesting

    MS is now a cloud services company, with a sideline in OSs. Amazon is a cloud services company with a gift shop. Google is an advertising company with an app store sideline.

    Cloud services will be around for as long as you can predict anything in this field. Advertising is forever, but Google is unique in history in dominating ad spend for so long - hard to guess how long that will last.

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  5. Re:They are in for a shock by Tablizer · · Score: 3, Interesting

    it is a public debacle, damages their credibility...

    I agree there is bound to be a major breach of a major cloud provider that will damage cloud's reputation, creating a major P/R kick to the nuts.

    I'm not saying cloud is necessarily less secure, only that breaches will affect a lot of companies at the same time, creating a P/R nightmare. It's comparable to car crashes versus plane crashes. Your chance of dying in a car is higher per mile, but it rarely makes the news because deaths are piecemeal, unlike jet crashes.

    It's not necessarily fair, but it's the way news works, setting cloud up for an ugly future.

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