Nobody can call when MS might not be here. They make so much money by default from business and the computer industry is as essential as the car and oil industries in our culture. Facebook is also an aggressive and powerful company who could take a lot of risks that we cannot predict. These claims are baseless. Could they both be gone in 20 years? Sure, but more likely they will transition into some other complex entity that will be a mainstay of our culture for some time. All of this could be superseded though if the world experiences drastic power shifts or war.

I don't really understand the guy's point. I mean, I get the fact that MS, Google and Facebook control a large percentage of the internet and with that, a part of modern culture as well as the flow of information. I don't disagree with that. But what exactly is he saying?. Is he saying that just because these companies are morally bankrupt in the way they handle themselves they will disappear? just cause?. How many companies today are morally bankrupt and have been for decades, if not centuries, and still remain alive and successful?. That seems like a weird point of view to me. And I bet he will be kicking himself in 5-10 years when people mock his prediction.

This sounds more like their whishful thinking rather than the result of analytical thinking. Facebook is probably building up safety measures to not end up as Myspace, and Microsoft is Microsoft, almost every single business in the planet recquire their services in one way or another.

That kind of naivety is endearing in a child but it's almost bizarre to watch in an adult.

Reminds me of a web-series I once watched, a guy was discussing something with a police detective in a cafe:



Guy: What you need you will find from one of the corrupt officers in your station.

Detective: Corrupt?. How do you know there's any corrupt officers where I work?

Guy: Detective...*Looks at him as you would look a child when he's asking about the bees and the birds*



Sorry for the tangent but I always remember laughing way too hard at that, haha.

Microsoft and the Xbox brand are still a very relevant force in the gaming industry. I hope they are for many a year to come. I like to see a healthy industry where everybody thrives.

Microsoft is making way too much money to go away any time soon. I rather invest in Microsoft than Apple to be quite honest because their portfolio is diverse and they dominate quite a few industries (Computer OS, Business/productivity software and about to dominate cloud servers). Nowadays, in order to create a business, you have to go through Microsoft it would seem.

I find your comment interesting. you have described the situation good in my opinion. I also think that both companies will lose power.

But gone forever... I think No(i'm sure), because both have much money. And if yes.. President "Trump" would certainly help his american companies :P

the big hype is over, thats true.

A help by Trump in matters he doesn't understand could end up damaging MS instead of helping it. Car makers already told him they don't need his help on pollution rules and they are perfectly able to follow the previous roadmap for pollution reduction, indeed tough anti-pollution rules favour US, EU and JP car makers and hinder competitors from emerging markets that can offer cheap costs but are still some steps behind car market leaders on high tech, unless they obtain it under licence from them. Some "brilliant" idea on SW market and protection of US SW makers could actually persuade governments outside of USA that still heavily rely on MS SW for their public administration to switch to competing SW for any task allowing it.

I could see fb disappearing just like Bebo but only when something else similar comes along. Twitter is far to different to compete with Facebook so I wouldn't count that.

As for Microsoft, not gonna happen. Microsoft pretty much have a monopoly on the home computer market and combine that with xbox well it's clear to see they won't dissappear.

Good to know. Okay, that could happen too. This Trump-situation would be very interesting : D

But I also think that Microsoft will not disappear in the next few years.