__/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Tuesday 06 February 2007 21:02 \__
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 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."
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http://www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/9000/PX09695.pdf
Oh! And look at the Halloween Memos as well.
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