2009/7/31 Web Kracked <[email protected]> > Charles T. Bell wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> According to Bing.com, MS' own search site, MS' total revenue is >> expected to be $US 64.9B-$US 66.4B, while operating income (read >> expenses) is expected to be in the >> range of $US 24.4B-$US 25.5B for the fiscal year ending June 30, >> 2009. Do the math! >> That comes out to a profit of $US 40.5B- $US 40.9B and is >> approximately 166% to 160% ROI, respectively. So donate you money to >> MS, *or*... use OOo for free. >> I know which path I choose. >> >> >> Tom >> >> MS is declaring that they have been loosing profit for 6 months > or more. Profits, after all expenses, of more that 4-6 billion > US Dollars a year is what they are complaining about. Not enough > for them. Remember this profit is after you figure in all R&D, > bonuses, stock payouts, and such. > > In today's economy, a company that large would beg, plead, and > do almost anything to have 1/2 to 1 Billion in profit. But MS > is complaining that their profit is down to 4 - 6 times that figure. > > So yes. Let MS complain. See what they do when they get down > to $1 billion or less in profit. There have been several articles > in the past few months that describe MS's attempt to go into the > open source field, not just ODF's field of interest. > > Software like OpenOffice.org is eating into their profit margins > and that is great. Now we just have to make sure MS does not try > to mess with OOo's success, above board or below in the slime that > seems to cover MS's public rep. all the time. > > I wonder when they will start selling Win7 with TV and Print ads? > They will need to admit that Vista was a mistake and bad system > to try to get businesses to spend, spend, spend, so they can sell > Win7 in these troubled times.
If OOo can, with reasonable facility, do the things that you as a user need an office suite to do, then you have sufficient reason to install OOo, rather than paying for Microsoft Office.... Henri
