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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 $300 price is what economists call "monopoly rents".
What is the government going to do about it? NOTHING... I think this is proof that they are pigs. This will never make it to the main stream media so no one will ever care. This is just something I can add to my list of why I hate M$.
I didn't use the preview button, so get over it!!!!
Mike
because? MS profit on Windows and Office, their cash-cows. They use this profit to do other stuff. The difference between this any any other company would be ... what, exactly?
This is not news, this is not even vaguely interesting.
If MS made more from their mobile phone business than from Windows, that would be "News for Nerds" *and* "Stuff that matters". This is neither. It isn't even news (and hasn't been for at least a decade)
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The full verison 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".
And what do they call it when Red Hat could sell it for fifty cents instead of the $300 (or whatever it is) for the server version?
Once again, Michael has absolutely no clue what he's talking about.
Sometimes it's best to just let stupid people be stupid.
Microsoft see their 'window' of opportunity, and take it...and take it...and take it..and keep taking...
The Mothership
Just like the RIAA could sell CDs for $5.95 and still make a profit. These guys make me sick!
<sarcasm>But then the artists won't make any money. And after all, the RIAA is only doing this for the artists... or so they claim</sarcasm>
I'm only paranoid because everyone is against me...
One more proof that these two websites are less and less appealing to people who have a brain and use it.
.NET Server, both products were written by the Server platform group, not the Client group.
Windows XP shares >90% of its code with
This explain why the Client group has such a high percentage of profit and why the Server platform group didn't.
It shouldn't be that hard to use your brain once in a while instead of spreading lies about your opponent, it actually might even be useful and intelligent.
Actually, you said:
So the costs of R&D are probably nicely offset by the tax benefits.
This sounded pretty much like 100% to me.
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