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Microsoft Posts Record Earnings

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the paying-your-Bill dept.

sriram_2001 writes "Microsoft has just had a record quarter where their profits have doubled from the previous quarter. Total sales are at $10 billion, exceeding both internal and external expectations. Microsoft has attributed the rise in earnings to increased server sales (where *nix-based systems are supposed to be doing well) and more XBox units being sold. For a company that most Slashdotters would say is on the decline, Microsoft sure has weird financial results!" To put it in perspective, Microsoft's income is about the same as New York State receives in taxes - below California, and well above the other 48 states.

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  1. Grin, borg, grin by AtariAmarok · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought the Gates Borg icon had a larger smile this morning. Now I know why.

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    1. Re:Grin, borg, grin by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      To put it in perspective, Microsoft's income is about the same as New York State receives in taxes - below California, and well above the other 48 states.

      leave it to slashdot to compare Microsoft's earnings to taxes...

    2. Re:Grin, borg, grin by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      I'm not sure were you get that "X-Box as a server" line from. And it's "liars", not "liers". Finally, it's "represents", not "reprecents".

      Thanks for lending credibility to the Linux movement...

  2. First Post? by neilb78 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I know vulnerability in their software probably generated these incorrect numbers.

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    1. Re:First Post? by freemacmini · · Score: 3, Funny

      Maybe the numbers show that crime does pay.

      Maybe the numbers show that there is no competition and that MS is indeed a monopoly that should be broken up.

      Maybe the numbers show that MS is cutting R&D like crazy.

      Maybe the numbers show that accountants need to have fun too.

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    2. Re:First Post? by Hognoxious · · Score: 2, Funny
      I bet these numbers are real and they should show us something.....
      Unless they're reported in a currency equal to the square root of -$1, you're probably right.
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  3. No matter ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    everyone knows 2005 is the year of Linux. I don't care what their "profits" show, but we've got M$ exactly where we want them

    1. Re:No matter ... by essreenim · · Score: 2, Funny
      Yeahhhh, all Microsoft employees will be begging on the streets in no time

    2. Re:No matter ... by TheKidWho · · Score: 4, Funny

      And then they get sucked in by Steve's RDF once they get too fustrated with linux :-P

  4. In other news... by Private+Taco · · Score: 3, Funny

    fools and their money are still being parted...

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  5. Wow by gnoos · · Score: 5, Funny

    1. Profit

  6. New York's Income by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's surprising, considering how much money I have donated to New York State in speeding tickets

  7. Correctiion: by AtariAmarok · · Score: 3, Funny
    1. Profit
    2. Profit
    3. Profit
    4. Profit!

    (I'd write more, except that that Clippy keeps popping up saying "You appear to be writing a Microsoft business history. Do you want any help?"

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    1. Re:Correctiion: by mirko · · Score: 1, Funny
      1. Developers!
      2. Developers!
      3. Developers!
      4. Developers!
      5. Developers!
      6. Profit!
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    2. Re:Correctiion: by CmdrGravy · · Score: 4, Funny

      1. Developers
      2. Less Developers
      3. Less Developers more Marketeers
      4. More Marketeers, More Lawyers, Less Developers
      5. Profit

  8. No SWE's on debugging by elecngnr · · Score: 2, Funny

    They obviously saved a load of cash by getting rid of that expensive code debugging department.

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  9. This just shows how Piracy is by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    .. completely destroying the industry! I call for more draconian laws to curb the practice which is clearly destorying Microsoft and robbing its shareholders of profits!

  10. Re:Where is all the money coming from? by Otter · · Score: 1, Funny
    "IT CAME FROM YOU!" said the presenter.

    On the plus side, at least geniuses like that are no longer pulling down the big bucks as open-source consultants. A bigger mystery was always where their money was coming from.

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  11. slashdotters are wrong by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    For a company that most Slashdotters would say is on the decline, Microsoft sure has weird financial results!

    I know this is hard to believe, but maybe, just maybe Slashdotters are WRONG! Gee, who would think that using a community of Microsoft-hating, Junk Science loving, geeks wouldn't be the best way to forecast financial results.

  12. I don't understand how much money that is! by forgotten_my_nick · · Score: 1, Funny

    Can someone translate it into football field sizes?

  13. Re:The Register suggests.. by SpongeBobLinuxPants · · Score: 3, Funny

    The R&D department was replaced by 1 guy google'ing companies for M$ to buy.

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  14. Re:Gates' political leanings? by KarmaMB84 · · Score: 2, Funny

    But who lent Tony Blair political legitimacy, and does Tony not know it's not nice to lend out someone else's stuff?

  15. Re:the microsoft tax by Politburo · · Score: 2, Funny

    I stopped paying the microsoft tax last year when I bought my first Mac.

    And you started paying the Apple Tax.

    What you just said is like this: "I stopped paying NY state taxes last year when I moved to NJ."

  16. Re:Server Sales are rising everywhere by Johnny+Mnemonic · · Score: 3, Funny


    Even Apple is catching this wave:

    Xserve sales up 119% in third 1/4 '04, trend likely to continue.

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