... around the world who view the quarter as being positive. Microsoft was able to fool everyone except for Roy... Business Writer Microsoft3QProfitRises65Percent, Helped by Sales of New... Ragen. "They might indicate Vista is doing fine." Microsoft's entertainment and devices division, which includes the Xbox... share on revenue of $50.56 billion. Microsoft forecast earnings of $1.68 to $1...
... snipped] Hm. I think you're both right; this still means, of course, Microsoft gets its money. Double its money, in fact. Not necessarily. If the user returns ... key. Their deals with the OEMs would determine whether they get to count and charge for both sales, or if they have to refund the returned copy, but there's no necessity that they get paid twice for one copy in use.
...on Sun, 29 Apr 2007 00:36:26 +0100 <rc2dg4-h5n.ln1@sky.matrix>: [good points on customer activing the license snipped] Hm. I think you're both right; this still means, of course, Microsoft gets its money. Double its money, in fact. Yuck with a capital why. -- #191, ewill3@earthlink.net Warning: This encrypted signature is a dangerous munition. Please notify the US government ...
... P.E." <p...@hovnanian.com> wrote: So, what are you doing wasting your time posting here? Get out here and load up on Microsoft stock! Do it now, before the word gets out and the price goes through the roof. ...and pretend that it never happened? Quarterly sales or profit figures are meaningless as an indicator of product quality since Microsoft has monopoly power in the O/S ...
... one is undoubtedly tied to the other during activation. As for the question of *sales*, well yes that is an interesting point. The media is not...* of a previously revoked license count as a *new* sale. Presumably it does. Actually I don't see a problem with that, since.... A more poignant question is, do Microsoft *deduct* returns and refunds from their sales figures (for the purpose of units...
..., and too little gain from doing the wrong thing. Which isn't to say they haven't padded the books on Vista sales; this would not be the first time a company released massive quantities to shipping so they could claim sales which didn't actually exist. Company I worked for, several top managers got canned over just such a deal.
... experts around the world who view the quarter as being positive. Microsoft was able to fool everyone except for Roy Schestowitz... Every quarter and every year they make more profit on more revenues than before. The only trouble I see for MSFT is knowing what to do with the BILLIONS of dollars they make every quarter in PROFIT. But go ahead and explain (using FACTS, don't simply repeat...
...> writes: On 26 Apr 2007 16:40:45 -0700, Larry Qualig <lqualig@uku.co.uk> wrote: Don't pay any attention to financial experts around the world who view the quarter as being positive. Microsoft was able to fool everyone except for Roy Schestowitz, Guy Fawkes and Rex. These three are the best and brightest financial minds in the world. (Don't let pesky little details like the ...
Verily I say unto thee, that Freeride spake thusly: On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:46:15 -0700, Larry Qualig wrote: The $14 BILLION in sales is just an imaginary number. Well at least they're recovered their losses from the money they wasted "developing" Vista. All that money and yet they still develope unstable hunks of shit and a file system that still needs to be externally ...
On 26 Apr 2007 16:40:45 -0700, Larry Qualig <lqualig@uku.co.uk> wrote: Don't pay any attention to financial experts around the world who view the quarter as being positive. Microsoft was able to fool everyone except for Roy Schestowitz, Guy Fawkes and Rex. These three are the best and brightest financial minds in the world. (Don't let pesky little details like the fact that Roy lives ...
