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dtech
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Warren Buffett 1997 Email Exchange on Microsoft [p...
For Windows you can, but Microsoft is diversifying risks and running their software on other OS and hardware, and Office is a major windows-independent revenue stream.
So I'd say 2020 -> 2040 Microsoft is a safer bet than 1996 -> 2016 Microsoft.
ralfd
on July 27, 2020
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I think it is riskier. Microsoft in 1997 had virtually no competitors. That is not the case anymore.
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So I'd say 2020 -> 2040 Microsoft is a safer bet than 1996 -> 2016 Microsoft.