Ben Gilbert
Acquired
Microsoft Volume II
- Published
- July 22, 2024
- Duration
- 4h 50m
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Apr 17, 2026
Discusses business, investing, technology.
Summary
In 1999, Microsoft became the most valuable company in the world. And in 2019, Microsoft became the most valuable company in the world, again. But… what happened in the twenty years in between? The answer, as we discovered in our research, is probably not what you think.In this episode we explore and analyze the browser wars and the DOJ case, Windows XP t…
Show notes
In 1999, Microsoft became the most valuable company in the world. And in 2019, Microsoft became the most valuable company in the world, again. But… what happened in the twenty years in between? The answer, as we discovered in our research, is probably not what you think.In this episode we explore and analyze the browser wars and the DOJ case, Windows XP through 8, Surface, Xbox, search, Yahoo!, Bing, the iPhone, Nokia, mobile, social, Facebook… and oh yeah, a little thing called Azure and the en
Themes
- business
- investing
- technology