Microsoft drew a profit of $27.2 billion in the last quarter of FY25, driven by demand for the cloud and AI. Overall, it recorded profits of over a hundred billion dollars in the entire fiscal year.

Microsoft drew a profit of $27.2 billion in the last quarter of FY25, driven by demand for the cloud and AI. Overall, it recorded profits of over a hundred billion dollars in the entire fiscal year.

  • nelson@lemmy.worldEnglish
    82·
    3 days ago

    If windows is free why are they still selling windows licenses. you might get* a free upgrade between 10/11. But windows is not free.

    • Farid@startrek.websiteEnglish
      11·
      3 days ago

      What they mean is that it’s like WinRAR, you can use it without a license forever, but you’ll have features locked and get constantly nagged to purchase license.

      • 1984@lemmy.todayEnglish
        41·
        3 days ago

        Yeah. I havent used windows in a long time but when I was, you could play games without any license… What is locked?

          • 1984@lemmy.todayEnglish
            31·
            3 days ago

            Seems minor. If they wanted people to pay for it, they would block games since thats what most young people use windows for…

            • Farid@startrek.websiteEnglish
              3·
              3 days ago

              They aren’t trying to prevent regular people from using unlicensed Windows, it’s mostly for corporations. As mentioned before, they are better off letting ppl use it and gather data and stuff. Keep people dependent on the OS.