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They may turn into an IBM variation long term. Profitable, stable business. Not glamorous, but good money.

As a Microsoft shareholder, this was my favorite line from the article: "for Microsoft, 'profitable and boring' is just a longer way of saying 'profitable.'"

Don’t all companies become IBM at some point?

Probably.

So it's kind of like baldness?

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