Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Apps vs. Office: Google Ups the Ante
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| So apparently do some 100,000 small businesses and organisations that use
>| Google's productivity and communications software. Even larger corporations,
>| such as General Electric and Procter & Gamble , are becoming adherents.
> `----
>
> http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jul2007/tc20070716_231231.htm?campaign_id=yhoo
>
> Xbox Could Hit Microsoft's Revenue In Report Thursday
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| He also thinks Xbox shipments of only 11.6 million, versus expectations for
>| 12 million, could lead to a revenue hit as high as US$200-million, "though
>| earnings would likely be positively impacted."
> `----
If they're looking at a return rate of around 33%, then this would be
only 8 million sales, but 11.6 million shipments. That could be very
costly indeed.
>
> http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/070719/41517_id.html?.v=1
>
> Be aware that Microsoft has quietly changed the way it reports financial
> figures, so it continues to hide its financial pains.
Standard trick - most big companies have a big re-org from time to
time... saves anyone getting an good inside track on what they're
doing.
>
> Peter Moore's Move To EA: Has He Learnt From His Mistakes At Microsoft?
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Gee, Pete, kind of seems like your prognostications didn't come to pass. Not
>| even close, pal. And what about your not-so-deft handling of the "three red
>| lights" fiasco that caused your employer Microsoft to pony up over $1.1
>| billion for additional warranty costs?
> `----
>
> http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/070719/41568_id.html?.v=1
Well, he learnt enough to trouser a van-load of cash...
>
> Watch how the usual anti-Linux writer from Forbes does some promotion for
> Microsoft amid a big fiasco and failure....
>
> http://www.forbes.com/2007/07/18/microsoft-xbox-earnings-tech-cx_bc_0719msft.html?partner=yahootix
>
> Forbes and Microsoft are in bed together, surely.
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