Microsoft's earnings were surprisingly solid—another reassurance the
world isn't quite melting to the core—with a revenue of $15.1 billion
(beating Wall Street's expecations) and profits of $4.37 billion.
Notably, however, it's still not selling enough Windows Vista.
world isn't quite melting to the core—with a revenue of $15.1 billion
(beating Wall Street's expecations) and profits of $4.37 billion.
Notably, however, it's still not selling enough Windows Vista.
Sure, more people might be PCs lately,
but they're other, less profitable versions. Microsoft makes about $70
per Vista PC, but less than half of that on a netbook Windows license,
which now makes up more of the Windows mix than ever. So the Windows
division actually saw a 4 percent drop in operating income for the
quarter. And it's likely not going to get better with Windows 7 looming so conspicously on the horizon. [Bits]
Source : http://gizmodo.com/
