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Microsoft Profit and Loss by Business Area
An anonymous submitter writes "The Register is reporting in this article striking new evidence of what in my opinion can only be described as abuse of their monopoly position. A recent SEC filing shows that they lose money in every business area except Windows (86% profit) and Office (79% profit)." Another notes that the Financial Times has a story on the same subject - Dr. No writes "According to the Financial Times, Microsoft's Windows division has a profit margin of 85%. This is the first time this figure has been made public." The full version of Windows XP costs about $300.00. Microsoft could sell it for $45 and still make a profit. The difference between the $45 price and the $300 price is what economists call "monopoly rents".
The other $255 pays for IE and WMP
we could drive M$ to bankruptcy by buying BULK xboxes and using them as Linux servers?
In the free world the media isn't government run; the government is media run.
Did anybody else think they'd come up with a new product when they read the headline?
General Relativity: Space-time tells matter where to go; Matter tells space-time what shape to be.
> Removing the blindfold from Lady Justice is far too grave a matter to justify a separate standard for monopolies.
It's a blindfold, not a stupidfold.
microsoft should be paying us money to use it, anything more than that is "overcharge."
I couldnt have put it better myself.
"I'm tired of all this 'Aren't humanity great' bullshit. We're a virus with shoes" - Bill Hicks
...just because you know how to type in bold, it doesn't mean you're right.
...and still no one likes M$ :)
- When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail -
No- 89% margin is a very good sign that Microsoft is providing a product that people are willing to pay $300 for. Thats it.
"The defense of freedom requires the advance of freedom" - George W Bush
The price of downloading Debian GNU/Linux is set to rise 550%.
;)
550 * 0 = 0
KDE1 was better but uglier than Windows. KDE3 is better and prettier.
A pig with stockings on is better looking than windows.
And compared to windows 3.1 or earlier, you can even leave the stockings off.
Linux is a viable alternative to Windows.
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The only good weather is bad weather.
Maybe that has something to do with my leaving :P
I've never really looked so closely at Microsoft's address than today:
;-)
One Microsoft Way, Redmond, Washington 98052-6399
This must be why their business policy is to monopolize. Their mission statement is on every letterhead and piece of correspondence. They can't help but overcharge.
The X-Box is currently losing $750M/year, and is set to rise. How can other companies hope to compete, or even break into that market?
They should buy lots of X-Boxes and use them as landfill.