Most of our libraries, to some extent, depend on Microsoft and Google products. I think this chart shows where Microsoft’s bread is buttered:
They may want to get into the search and ads space but this shows they’re not there yet:
From: CHART OF THE DAY: In Case You Had Any Doubts About Where Microsoft’s Profits Come From
Read more here.
Now I suspect that Google’s charts are quite different. They make most of their money from search and have aspirations to be in the cloud software space.
Other companies like Apple have better success in the devices space and Amazon wants to be your cloud provider so the competition for convergence is heating up.
It’s quite the eco-system but each seems to have their own sweet spot and aspiratons.
Stephen
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