The future of OneNote

Posted by Paul Korm
Apr 20, 2018 at 08:44 PM

Microsoft’s revenue from Office commercial and consumer unit licenses and subscriptions in fiscal 2017 was $23 billion USD, with a 58% operating margin (EDITDA). I think they probably have enough money to make whatever they feel like making.

exatty95 wrote:
I hate to be unduly cynical, but I think that the only stable providers
>of this kind of software are those who either (1) charge enough for it
>(e.g., Evernote), or (2) can monetize it by targeting adds based on your
>content (e.g., Google). Microsoft didn’t seem to be either—maybe it
>was a defensive offering to try and keep people from adopting Google for
>more products? I guess Apple Notes could fit into that lane too,
>although it has users essentially captive in other ways.