They might not disappear but they might not set the tone anymore, just like IBM, HP, Cisco, SAP and other huge companies still exist, but it's not where exciting things are happening. They're happening at places like Google. But I wouldn't be surprised if 10 years from now Google or Microsoft are still a big company, but all the cool (and super-profitable) stuff will be happening elsewhere.
They might not disappear but they might not set the tone anymore, just like IBM, HP, Cisco, SAP and other huge companies still exist, but it's not where exciting things are happening. They're happening at places like Google. But I wouldn't be surprised if 10 years from now Google or Microsoft are still a big company, but all the cool (and super-profitable) stuff will be happening elsewhere.
They might not disappear but they might not set the tone anymore, just like IBM, HP, Cisco, SAP and other huge companies still exist, but it's not where exciting things are happening. They're happening at places like Google. But I wouldn't be surprised if 10 years from now Google or Microsoft are still a big company, but all the cool (and super-profitable) stuff will be happening elsewhere.
Sorry to break it to you, Google and Microsoft are already in that category 😅