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____/ Robin T Cox on Tuesday 19 August 2008 20:54 : \____
> Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
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>> On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:18:04 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>>> announcing the winner of the splash screen poll
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>>>| I'd like to announce the winner of the splash screen poll. We had a
>>>| total of 789 votes, which is a quite good count! The winner is
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>> While the Open Source community is taking polls about splash screens,
>> Microsoft is selling Office like there is no tomorrow.....
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> For Microsoft there is indeed no tomorrow. They are yesterday's men.
Sales of Office have sunk [2]. Profits also [1]... Microsoft can only cook its
books a little more now [3].
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[1] Microsoft sees slide in profits
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7366106.stm
[2] Microsoft earnings post-mortem: The cash cows quiver
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| I can’t help but wonder if the lackluster Windows/Office results also can be
| attributed to Microsoft brass’s complete and crazy obsession with Google (and
| taking over Yahoo) has resulted in no one minding the Windows store. Kevin
| Johnson, the head of Microsoft’s Platforms & Services division seems to be so
| laser-focused on the online-ad business these days that he almost seems to
| have forgotten Microsoft is still in the software business, too.
|
| Microsoft execs’ claims about walking away from the Yahoo deal are nothing
| more than bluster. A protracted hostile takeover bid is just going to
| distract not just employees in Microsoft’s online services business, but
| company management, too. It’s not a pretty picture.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1362
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| For instance, Microsoft, the world’s most valuable company, declared a profit
| of $4.5 billion in 1998; when the cost of options awarded that year, plus the
| change in the value of outstanding options, is deducted, the firm made a loss
| of $18 billion, according to Smithers.
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http://etheridge.ca/articles/economist-options.html
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