"Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Microsoft: Search wins tied to sales compensation
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | At the Worldwide Partner Conference in Denver, COO Kevin Turner said in
> a
> | keynote that field leaders for Microsoft partner teams in countries
> around
> | the world will be compensated more this year for making customer wins in
> key
> | product areas.
> `----
>
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070710/tc_infoworld/90085
>
> They already pay for anti-Linux propaganda and now /this/? The company is
> burning money because, as Kevin Turner also said yesterday, it's a "life
> or
> death" situation.
>
You have a certain charmingly unsophisiticated style about you, but that
doesn't always substitute for understanding. Perhaps if you were to get out
more often you would have better understanding of how businesses work and
why you're always left holding an empty bag.
This article describes how Microsoft sales team members are going to be
compensated for win in areas where Microsoft is most interested in gaining
ground. That is a pretty simplistic notion, but it seems to have eluded
you. I liked the part where Turner said:
"We're not going to let our competition outthink, outrun or outhustle us,"
he said. "We're asking you to take customer service and customer
satisfaction to the next level. I want to know if there is something in the
way of taking care of a customer and treating them the way they should be
treated.""
Clearly Microsoft is not laying down on the job and is continuing to pursue
new customers as well as keeping their current ones. Linux is doomed in my
opinion. The Linux companies are barely able to survive as it is and the
self-destructive actions of "friends" like the FSF will hasten their demise.
>
> Related:
>
> Software Notebook: Microsoft's cash pile isn't what it used to be
>
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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.
> `----
>
> http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/309852_software02.html
Quick! How many other companies have "only" 29 billion bucks in their cash
reserves? One has to smile at the antics of the flacks who staff these
vanity-fair news sites.
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