In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
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on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 08:37:26 +0000
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> __/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Tuesday 06 February 2007 21:02 \__
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>> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
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>> wrote
>> on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 18:40:22 +0000
>> <2296693.ACFQuYMZsO@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>> __/ [ John Bailo ] on Tuesday 06 February 2007 17:57 \__
>>>
>>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>> | Simply put, Google is a fly on the elephant that is Microsoft
>>>>> | right now.
>>>>
>>>> And it can ride that elephant to the graveyard.
>>>
>>> Bumpy ride. The elephant's got cash! It won't go down calmly. Look at SCO.
>>>
>>
>> Even if Microsoft were to lose all of their revenue (an
>> unlikely occurrence) they'd only lose $34.15B a year (net
>> income minus revenue) -- and it would probably be less than
>> that though I don't know how to properly calculate such a
>> scenario between gross profit, net income, operating cash
>> flow, profit margin, and operating margin.
>>
>> They have $26.40B in cash. They'd be able to survive
>> for over six months, though their stock would probably
>> tank quickly.
>
> They are currently preparing a vast disinformation campaign (see this
> morning's posts). They could even put the whole WoMD pitch to shame. But we
> can always laugh it all up when we see leaked E-mails, e.g.:
>
>
> ,----[ Quotes with annotation ]
> | "(Microsoft manager:) I don't like the fact that the report show us losing
> | on TCO on webservers. I don't like the fact that the report show us losing
> | on availability (windows was down more than linux). And I don't like the
> | fact that the reports says nothing new is coming with windows .net server."
> |
> | [...]
> |
> | "I don't like it to be public on the doc that we sponsored it because I
> | don't think the outcome is as favorable as we had hoped. I just don't like
> | competitors using it as ammo against us. It is easier if it doesn't mention
> | that we sponsored it."
> `----
>
> http://www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/9000/PX09695.pdf
>
> Oh! And look at the Halloween Memos as well.
>
Snort. Uh...is there a (Fire)foxhole handy?
This could get a little messy.... ;-)
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