Re: Windows division of Microsoft down 2%

[Eugene]

Just as IBM never saw the writing on the wall when desktop computers over took and then displaced mainframes, the MicroSoft juggernaut failed to see the advent of the ultra-mobile computer smartphone/tablet displacing desktops first in private hands and now increasingly in the hands of companies. iOS and Android will become the leading OS. MicroSofts version is playing catchup and has not got the momentum to remain competitive. No one thought that IBM which was larger than the combined might of every other computer company fell and now MicroSoft is following suit. Mind you MicroSoft makes more money out of every Android phone due to patents then Google does.                       Regards,                       Eugene                    On 24/07/2011, at 5:55 PM, cm wrote: Hi Ronni, The admirable German culture provides a number of intriguing words that are needed in certain situations and that don't seem to have an equivalent in English. We may be witnessing the Götterdämmerung of Microsoft. (full disclosure -- I had to look up the spelling :-) Cheers, Carlo On 2011-07-24, at 07:12, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Carlo, The German part of me agrees with your choice of word ;-) The company's results comes as a stark contrast to Apple's blowout performance in the June quarter. The Cupertino, Calif., company posted $28.57 billion in revenue and a 125 percent leap in profits to $7.31 billion, nearly 25 percent more than its rival's profits. It was just last quarterthat Apple beat Microsoft's profits for the first time in decades. Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad On 24/07/2011, at 1:13 AM, cm <cm200...@gmail.com> wrote: Hi Wamuggers, While Apple continues to grow on almost every financial measure, the Windows division of Microsoft declined by 2% this financial year. It's difficult not to feel just a little schadenfreude. :-) http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/07/21/microsoft_record_earnings_beat_street_but_windows_revenue_declines_2.html Cheers, Carlo -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>