In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
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on Fri, 21 Jul 2006 15:53:48 +0100
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> Microsoft: Lost In Transition
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> | Microsoft reported fourth-quarter sales above Wall Street's estimates
> | and announced a $20 billion stock buyback, but with its business still
> | in transition, margin improvement is unlikely in the near-future,
> | according to a Friday report by Credit Suisse.
> |
> | [...]
> |
> | "[Yet] Microsoft is in the midst of a difficult transformation away from
> | its mature PC-centric model to software as a service based offerings.
> | With the company's business model in transition, we expect little
> | improvement in margins in coming years."
> |
> | [...]
> |
> | "Taking a step back and looking at the broader landscape, we still
> | think there are better growth opportunities in pure-play competitors
> | like Red Hat , salesforce.com, and the leading Internet names like
> | Google and Yahoo!," the analyst said.
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> http://www.forbes.com/2006/07/21/microsoft-0721markets03.html?partner=yahootix
Their margins need *improvement*?! Good Gawd, they have higher profit
percentages than Halliburton and Exxon-Mobil, not to mention RedHat,
Novell, and IBM...
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=MSFT
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=XOM
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=HAL
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=RHAT
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=NOVL
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=IBM
Yahoo!'s profit margin and Google's operating margin come close, though.
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=YHOO
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=GOOG
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