__/ [ robot.from.outer.space@xxxxxxxxx ] on Friday 27 April 2007 10:29 \__
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> | Microsoft Corp. posted a 65 percent rise in quarterly profit
> | Thursday, topping Wall Street estimates thanks to better
> | than expected demand for its new Windows Vista operating system.
Steve Ballmer was lying?
Ballmer delivers sobering message at Microsoft event
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| Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Steve Ballmer tempered the
| expectations of analysts at an event Thursday, telling them
| their predictions for sales of the company's new operating
| system are too high, while those for its operating expenses
| may be too low.
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http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/ballmer-delivers-sobering-message-microsoft/story.aspx?guid=%7BCFADFB4D%2D7D86%2D4A0A%2DA233%2D1D18F48F82F7%7D&siteid=yhoo&dist=yhoo
http://tinyurl.com/2juebs
How about this one article, among so many the say the same thing?
No Touchdowns for Tech Bellwethers
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| What's more, a much hoped-for upgrade of PCs spurred by the release
| of Microsoft's new Windows Vista operating system has turned in
| underwhelming results so far.
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http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/apr2007/tc20070417_259787.htm?campaign_id=yhoo
http://tinyurl.com/35k99u
> | "The strength of Vista is really driving this," said Kim Caughey,
> | analyst at Fort Pitt Capital Group.
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http://money.cnn.com/2007/04/26/technology/microsoft.reut/index.htm?section=money_latest
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> I thought Microsoft was going down, what happened? :(
They are hiding the full stories from you. See some of the earlier messages
post to this newsgroup. It is mastery of diguising a failure and
marketing/PR is something that Microsoft is particularly strong at, unlike
for example production of solid software.
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| But Microsoft has taken a series of steps to reduce its cash
| balance. Specifically, by Microsoft's count, the company has
| paid out nearly $100 billion through dividends and repurchasing
| its own stock in the past five years.
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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/309852_software02.html
Deep pockets can hide a failure, but only temporarily. At this pace, the cash
reserves might run out within a couple of years. What then?
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