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____/ Chris Ahlstrom on Wednesday 28 Apr 2010 11:48 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz pulled this Usenet boner:
>
>> Amazon and Microsoft profits fail to impress
>>
>> http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/technology/article7105906.ece
>>
>> Microsoft's numbers fail to impress
>>
>> http://www.marketwatch.com/story/microsofts-numbers-fail-to-impress-2010-04-23
>
> Some of this is just the tendency of stock mavens to exaggerate every little
> wrinkle in amounts.
>
> It is a bit humorous when someone from Microsoft says, "Win 7 has been a
> good growth engine for us."
>
> Hmmmm. Essentially every PC ships with Windows. The latest Windows is Win
> 7. PC sales are trending upward. D-uh.
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/15/technology/15computer.html
>
> Also on Wednesday, the research firm Gartner said worldwide PC shipments
> climbed by 27.4 percent in the first quarter compared with a year
> earlier, surpassing expectations by more than 5 percent.
>
> Funny from that link:
>
> Mr. Smith's son learned about his father's lofty view of the
> PC's importance the hard way.
>
> "Over the last decade, the PC has gone from an interesting device to
> a necessary device," he said. "When I want to ground my son, I
> take away his PC for the night, not his TV."
Notice the fact that Windows revenue is actually decreasing over the years (compare to 07 and 08).
Last year Microsoft had no new release, so...
GNU/Linux nuked Microsoft margin-fu. Next up: world domination. ;-)
By the way, I post here just once in two days or so... little work on the side won't prevent
me from posting Linux advocacy (a hobby).
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