Vista Sales Strong, Higher Than Expected 394
An anonymous reader writes "Despite reports, it seems Microsoft is not only alive, but has been thriving these last few months. Following Apple's solid earnings yesterday comes above-expectation reporting from Microsoft. Profits jumped 65% from the previous year, and sales of its Windows operating system were strong: 'Microsoft said it deferred $1.2 billion in Windows Vista revenue to the third quarter, to account for upgrade coupons given to PC buyers during the holiday season before the consumer launch of the new operating system. Excluding this figure, client revenue totaled $4.1 billion, 30 percent higher than last year.' Microsoft Chief Financial Officer Chris Liddell said Vista beat internal forecasts by $300 million to $400 million, and Office 2007 sales were $200 million better than expected."
No! (Score:5, Funny)
Ahhh-Chooo!!!!!! (Score:4, Funny)
-Will Smith, i-Robot
Re:Coupons == Stock manipulation? (Score:2, Funny)
Hmm, this is odd... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:No! (Score:5, Funny)
Luckily, THIS year is the year of Linux on the desktop, however!
FUD! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:No! (Score:5, Funny)
Simple Explanations (Score:4, Funny)
1) Vista is actually being well received, and selling like hotcakes despite all reports to the contrary.
2) Even MS-Excel has critical bugs when running under Vista, especially the version used by Microsoft's accounting department.
Re:No! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Sketchy figures... (Score:5, Funny)
Microsoft had the entire financial industry bamboozled, but nothing gets past the wiz-kids here!
Vista Sales Strong, Higher Than Expected (Score:2, Funny)
Anonymous-Astroturf=0? (Score:3, Funny)
An anonymous reader from http://marketing.microsoft.com/Vista/PhaseII/Oh_S
... and dont need to purchase it every 6 months? (Score:4, Funny)
Please don't given them any ideas.
Re:Microsoft genius (Score:2, Funny)
(5) Profit!!!