Microsoft posts record profits

[rpm]

http://www.mybroadband.co.za/nephp/?m=show&id=6280

Microsoft reported on Thursday that its profits soared to a record high in the first three months of the year due to sales of its new Vista operating system and Office software.

 

[JStrike]

Someone bought Vista?

 

[bwana]

Someone bought Vista?

and a Zune.

 

[edc]

244 people bought copies of Vista in China.

 

[mancombseepgood]

In Perspective...
http://techiqmag.com/2007/04/26/microsoft-struggles-to-493-billion-profit/

Microsoft today announced quarterly revenue of $14.4 billion and net income of $4.93 billion. In other words, Microsoft’s daily net income is about $55 million. That’s $55 million in pure profit every 24 hours. Do some quick math and you’ll learn it takes Microsoft only about…

* 10 hours or so (yes, hours!) to exceed Red Hat’s quarterly net income of $20.5 million.
* four days to exceed Research In Motion’s quarterly net income of $187.9 million.
* four days to exceed Starbucks’ quarterly net income of $205 million.
* one week to exceed Nike’s quarterly net income of $350.8 million.
* two weeks to exceed McDonalds’ quarterly net income of $762 million.
* two weeks to exceed Apple’s quarterly net income of $770 million.
* 18 days to exceed Google’s quarterly net income of $1 billion.
* 23 days to exceed Coca-Cola’s quarterly net income of $1.26 billion.
* five weeks to exceed IBM’s quarterly net income of $1.85 billion.
* 10 weeks to exceed Wal-Mart’s quarterly net income of $3.9 billion.

Next time someone tells you a sob story about how much M$ lose p/a through piracy, point out how much developing countries are losing daily through the abhorrence of competition...

 

[Abe]

In Perspective...
http://techiqmag.com/2007/04/26/microsoft-struggles-to-493-billion-profit/


Next time someone tells you a sob story about how much M$ lose p/a through piracy, point out how much developing countries are losing daily through the abhorrence of competition...

What is scary is that MS makes almost 3 times the net income as IBM on almost half the turnover. Tells you something about their margins.