the idea that amazon or
microsoft are going to take over
the whole public cloud i think
is not the narrative, not what
people are expecting
it is acknowledgment that the
pace you're moving to the cloud,
both amazon and microsoft had
slowing cloud growth but was
still the fastest growing
business with very strong
margins.
>> paul, the point you made
about privacy, there's a report
in the journal that you have
something like a dozen countries
around the world considering new
taxes, digital taxes on u.s.
tech companies
how much risk is this,
especially if you start to see
some taxes tied to things like
revenue rather than profit
>> i don't think it is going to
be that much of a financial risk
to the companies
they have huge cash flow
generation, very strong balance
sheets, but what i do worry
about is, and it is not going to
be a game killer, but i do worry
about what is going to be their