Linonut wrote:
> After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out this bit o'
> wisdom:
>
>> Chip sales confirm no Microsoft Vista boom
>>
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>>> See How Microsoft pretends to flog Vista and Mystery of Microsoft
>>> Vista sales stays unanswered.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=39274
>
> http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=39237
>
> What is clear is that Microsoft has no problems raising prices and
> has a captive OEM audience
That's not clear at all. There's no proof anywhere 99.9% of OEMs are
obligated to continue selling Windows year after year.
> somewhat incapable of saying boo to a
> goose which doesn't always lay a golden egg, like the fabled Windows
> 95.
>
> A lot of the 65 per cent rise in Microsoft's Q3 revenues was brought
> forward from the previous quarter and is related to a coupon scheme
> it funded.
>
> The firm also changed its accounting method so that every time it
> ships a Vista licence, the revenue accrues in that quarter rather
> than over a period of time as it did with Windows XP.
>
> Innovation, Microsoft style. Didja get /your/ Microsoft coupons?
This is the new cola idiot whine: MS didn't really sell that much of X -
it's just accounting tricks.
You guys are really, really pathetic sometimes.
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