[News] Despite Beating Estimates, Microsoft Profits Down $1,000,000,000
Microsoft Feels the Pain of Vista's Delay and Losses in Search
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| So now we know how much the delay in Microsoft's (MSFT) launch of its
| Vista operating system cost the company: $1 billion in profits, and
| $1.64 billion in deferred revenues. (Profits declined in
| just-announced quarter to $2.6 billion, from $3.6 billion last
| year). The question now is whether Microsoft can make it up
| in short order.
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http://blogs.business2.com/business2blog/2007/01/vista_delay_low.html
Linux is where the increased profits are at (see below). Growth opportunity
and innovation requires reuse, interoperability, and cooperation.
Related:
The Best Blue Chip for 2007: IBM
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| Similarly, by tapping into the open-source movement, harnessing the
| power of its new software acquisitions, and understanding the
| immense potential of everything from SoulPad and the Smart
| Surveillance System to its supercomputers, IBM consultants
| are poised to provide their clients the tools and information
| they will need to stay competitive.
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http://www.fool.com/news/commentary/2006/commentary06111416.htm?source=eptyholnk303100&logvisit=y&npu=y
http://tinyurl.com/ydo29n
Red Hat profit tops Wall Street view, shares soar
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| "Open-source is not going away and Red Hat is the leader," Chowdhry
| said in a telephone interview. "Oracle is a nonevent when
| it comes to open source."
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http://yahoo.reuters.com/news/articlehybrid.aspx?storyID=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20061221:MTFH61389_2006-12-21_23-31-42_N21218848&type=comktNews&rpc=44
http://tinyurl.com/y57we9
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List of candidate Microsoft astroturfers (directly or indirectly paid by
Microsoft to post in this newsgroup):
flatfish+++
Damian O'Leary (AKA Hadron Quark)
Erik Funkenbusch
Larry Qualig (former Microsoft employee)
Scott Nudds (AKA Vistaking)
Nedd Ludd
Tim Smith
OK
DFS
Terry
Ana Thema
Take everything posted by the individuals above with a barrel of salt.
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