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0 pointsSteveNuts1y ago0 comments

Microsoft and Azure, Bing, Office 365

Amazon (the retailer portion) and AWS, and probably their logistics wing

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For AWS we should split the platform and the managed services (no one should have to compete with "the platform". See elasticsearch, redis).

This also works for Amazon retail, they should not be allowed to sell on their own marketplace (they have to choose, they are either a marketplace or a seller)

boscillator1y ago

I've always thought is should be Azure, Office and XBox, and each should get their own copy of Windows that they could focus on different things while still being largely compatible. Don't know if XBox could survive on it's own.

jonny_eh1y ago

This would kill xbox

dharmab1y ago

Xbox has been nothing more than a budget, low-spec, walled in gaming PC for about 1.5 console generations. It no longer has exclusive games, and the hardware (console and peripherals) are mediocre.

(PlayStation is almost in the same boat, except they have significant sales in regions where PC gaming is much smaller than in the US.)

selykg1y ago

Xbox has killed Xbox... have you not seen the sad state of affairs there for, I don't know, the past generation or two of consoles?

jonny_eh1y ago

I don't disagree with your sentiment, other than the fact that it isn't literally dead… yet.

alt2271y ago

Xbox is now a cross platform brand, and arguably bigger on PC than in the console market.

forrestthewoods1y ago

Huh, why? Xbox is a great example of a business unit that should be self-sustainable.

Not that it matters.,Microsoft has done a spectacular job of killing Xbox even with its ability to sustain setting money on fire for the past decade. Xbox has been an unmitigated disaster since Xbox One.

martinsnow1y ago

None of those are owned by Google

RIMR1y ago

And? We were talking about other businesses that should be split up in addition to Google. It would be weird if the only answers were Google-owned ventures...

martinsnow1y ago

Not in the context of my question. You are welcome to start your own comment thread.

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forty1y ago

For AWS we should split the platform and the managed services (no one should have to compete with "the platform". See elasticsearch, redis).

This also works for Amazon retail, they should not be allowed to sell on their own marketplace (they have to choose, they are either a marketplace or a seller)

boscillator1y ago

jonny_eh1y ago

This would kill xbox

dharmab1y ago

Xbox has been nothing more than a budget, low-spec, walled in gaming PC for about 1.5 console generations. It no longer has exclusive games, and the hardware (console and peripherals) are mediocre.

(PlayStation is almost in the same boat, except they have significant sales in regions where PC gaming is much smaller than in the US.)

selykg1y ago

Xbox has killed Xbox... have you not seen the sad state of affairs there for, I don't know, the past generation or two of consoles?

jonny_eh1y ago

I don't disagree with your sentiment, other than the fact that it isn't literally dead… yet.

alt2271y ago

Xbox is now a cross platform brand, and arguably bigger on PC than in the console market.

forrestthewoods1y ago

Huh, why? Xbox is a great example of a business unit that should be self-sustainable.

martinsnow1y ago

None of those are owned by Google

RIMR1y ago

And? We were talking about other businesses that should be split up in addition to Google. It would be weird if the only answers were Google-owned ventures...

martinsnow1y ago

Not in the context of my question. You are welcome to start your own comment thread.

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