carguy84
msg:4070531 | 3:58 pm on Jan 29, 2010 (gmt 0) |
Well, we've bought 8 copies of Windows 7, so I'd like to think we had something to do with that! ;)
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wheel
msg:4070568 | 4:31 pm on Jan 29, 2010 (gmt 0) |
And I've bought 0. So I'd like to think I had nothing to do with that :). I'm quite surprised that people are buying this. I guess this is newer than XP, but not vista, and it's mostly that it's not vista? Edited, by newer than XP but not vista, I meant to say:
it's newer than xp. Also, it's not vista. i.e. being 'not' vista is a good thing. [edited by: wheel at 5:16 pm (utc) on Jan. 29, 2010]
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Hugene
msg:4070578 | 4:40 pm on Jan 29, 2010 (gmt 0) |
Windows 7 is newer than Vista. M$ continues to be a money printing machine. It's just so impressive.
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ddogg
msg:4070643 | 6:16 pm on Jan 29, 2010 (gmt 0) |
Windows 7 is a really nice OS, no one should be surprised by these earnings. It sleeps and wakes instantly, so much faster than XP or Vista. That alone is worth upgrading.
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albo
msg:4070653 | 6:28 pm on Jan 29, 2010 (gmt 0) |
Can't tell yet about XP, but Win7 is surely an improvement over Vista. Earnings reflect Bing any, you reckon?
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mack
msg:4070668 | 7:02 pm on Jan 29, 2010 (gmt 0) |
I think this is a good example of what a company can do when it branches into different fields. Microsoft is no longer just a software company. Its software (Windows/Office), consumer devices (Xbox/zune) and online services (Bing/Xbox live) and a lot more... Microsoft have evolved, and are still evolving. If a company can have a quarter like this in the current climate, hats off to them. Mack.
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Gomvents
msg:4070769 | 11:00 pm on Jan 29, 2010 (gmt 0) |
Bing!
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expat123
msg:4070862 | 3:27 am on Jan 30, 2010 (gmt 0) |
90 percent of their revenue is still windows and office.
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mack
msg:4070962 | 11:00 am on Jan 30, 2010 (gmt 0) |
I think ironically a lot of this is due to slow Vista sales. Vista got bad press pretty much from the start and this caused a lot of users to hold off. Especially business users. Windows 7 on the otherhand has been very well received and is being embraced by consumers and business alike. A lot of users who weren't happy with Vista will upgrade, along with users who stuck with xp. Win 7 is selling very well. Mack.
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graeme_p
msg:4074179 | 9:21 am on Feb 4, 2010 (gmt 0) |
| I think this is a good example of what a company can do when it branches into different fields. |
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As expat123 pointed out, most of their revenues come from Windows and office.
In fact very few companies have dome well from diversifying their businesses (or, at least, their shareholders have not done well). Historically, GE, GEC, and a few other conglomerates have done well, but far more have under-performed and have been dismantled because the bits are worth more as separate businesses (Google for "conglomerate discount").
Of course, MS is not that diversified yet, and that is good for their shareholders.
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