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  • Re: Microsoft Laying Off As Many As 9000 Employees

    From chrisv@21:1/5 to Lawrence D'Oliveiro on Wed Jul 2 18:19:57 2025
    XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11

    Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

    Seems like Microsoft�s entire gaming efforts are hitting some headwinds ><https://www.theverge.com/news/693535/microsoft-layoffs-july-2025-xbox>.

    Since gaming is the last area where Windows could be considered to have >close-to-unchallenged dominance, this doesn�t sound hopeful for the future
    of Windows as a whole.

    It's probably because AI is replacing programmers.

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  • From rbowman@21:1/5 to chrisv on Thu Jul 3 05:33:20 2025
    XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11

    On Wed, 02 Jul 2025 18:19:57 -0500, chrisv wrote:

    Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

    Seems like Microsoft’s entire gaming efforts are hitting some headwinds >><https://www.theverge.com/news/693535/microsoft-layoffs-july-2025-xbox>.

    Since gaming is the last area where Windows could be considered to have >>close-to-unchallenged dominance, this doesn’t sound hopeful for the
    future of Windows as a whole.

    It's probably because AI is replacing programmers.

    Reading between the lines, MS recently bought a couple of gaming
    corporations and may have wound up with a lot of redundant middle
    management.

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  • From Lawrence D'Oliveiro@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jul 2 22:42:28 2025
    XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11

    Seems like Microsoft’s entire gaming efforts are hitting some headwinds <https://www.theverge.com/news/693535/microsoft-layoffs-july-2025-xbox>.

    Since gaming is the last area where Windows could be considered to have close-to-unchallenged dominance, this doesn’t sound hopeful for the future
    of Windows as a whole.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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