Quoting Doug LaRue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
shareholder value. The fact that Microsoft loses money at everything outside
of desktop Windows isn't even mentioned. Just that this will somehow create
something to be pitted against Google.
Actually, IINM, their office div makes pantloads of cash too. What
with the upgrade treadmill and "standard" they've helped shove down
the throats of so many via businesses and their closed formats for
years.
But the rest of the company does basically hemorrhage cash. The xbox
div is a perfect example. Even without the pathetic hw failure rates,
they weren't making money, but I can't imagine how much it's losing
when that's factored in. I'm sure it's taking some interesting
bookkeeping to hide the true failure rates and losses from them.
--
Mike Marion-Unix/Linux Admin-http://www.miguelito.org
"You think it's a conspiracy by the networks to put bad shows on TV. But the
shows are bad because that's what people want. It's not like Windows
users don't
have any power. I think they are happy with Windows, and that's an incredibly
depressing thought."
-- Steve Jobs
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