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Microsoft Misses Quarterly Revenue Projection

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the misplaced-some-platinum-pieces dept.

monsterhead78 wrote to alert us to a BusinessWeek article discussing Microsoft's uncharacteristic miss of its own fiscal projections for the third quarter. From the article: "Three months ago, the software giant said it expected revenue for the period to come in between $9.7 billion and $9.8 billion. But when the company released results Apr. 28, it came up short. Microsoft (MSFT ) rang up just $9.62 billion in sales, a 5% increase from the year-ago quarter."

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  1. it's because by Uptown+Joe · · Score: 2, Funny

    they haven't released anything new, except for free patches to fix broken software...

  2. Obviously. by Asicath · · Score: 5, Funny

    Obviously it is because of linux!

    Finally the giant is beginning to fall!!!

    hmmm, only 9.6 billion left to go.

  3. MS is dying! by Reaperducer · · Score: 4, Funny

    Time to start 20 years of "Microsoft is dying" trolls.

    Just another way Microsoft is copying Apple.

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    1. Re:MS is dying! by stefanlasiewski · · Score: 4, Funny

      Bah, Apple.

      Microsoft borrowed the "is dying" part from FreeBSD, just like the Windows network stack! :)

      *ducks*

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  4. Ha! by allanc · · Score: 5, Funny

    Your revenue increased, but slightly less than you expected it to be!

    Take *that*, evil empire!

    1. Re:Ha! by Westacular · · Score: 2, Funny

      Aha! They fell 0.8% short of their projections: We've really got them on the run now!

  5. haha by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    LOL, take that Microsoft! ONLY 9.62 BILLION dollars! How you like dem' apples?!?

    It sux to be them.

  6. I feel sorry for MS by pretentiousPPC · · Score: 2, Funny

    Darn, instead of a HolyOhMyFuckingGod!!-Truckload of cash they just made a simple OhMyFuckingGod!!-Truckload this quarter

    Well sucks for them...I guess.

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  7. Why is this news? by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 2, Funny

    (9.8-9.62)/ 9.7 = 0.18/9.7 = .018556

    Oh wow, Microsoft's sales got overestimated by 1.8%. This _MUST_ appear in Slashdot!</sarcasm>

  8. Re:Who would have guessed... by th1ckasabr1ck · · Score: 3, Funny

    We need a moderation for "no basis in reality".

  9. Re:a couple ideas... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    If AOL can have 100's of CD's in every computer store, why can't Microsoft have their free service patch CD's in stores??

    Because people actually want the service packs?

  10. Re:Been there by Concerned+Onlooker · · Score: 2, Funny
    So, why didn't Bill just pull $80 million out of his wallet and slip it into the till to make it balance? He must carry at least that much in spare change! (Anybody who doesn't understand what I'm saying has obviously never worked as a cashier. ;-)

    I'm beginning to think you never worked as a cashier either. You'd never get the till closed with $80 million in there.

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  11. The real reason the stock rose by SuperKendall · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think confused investors were thinking Microsoft released Tiger today. :-)

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  12. Re:a couple ideas... by snuf23 · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's because your Windows machine can detect the trace Mac-elements left on your fingertips from using your Mac at home.
    Bascially the Dell is stressed and really pissed that you have opted to use a Mac at home. It thinks that it is likely to be replaced at some point. It doesn't feel sexy anymore, it feels desperate and second fiddle.
    Probably your best option is to either replace your Mac at home with a PC, or replace your PC at work with a Mac.
    Computers exhibiting architecture jealously is all to common with users that "go both ways".

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  13. Re:You know what is wrong... by JNighthawk · · Score: 2, Funny

    Totally disregard myself, the parent. I'm not exactly sure what happened there or how that sentence came out in typing. Hell, ignore this one too.

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  14. Re:a couple ideas... by Mudcathi · · Score: 2, Funny
    "If AOL can have 100's of CD's in every computer store, why can't Microsoft have their free service patch CD's in stores??"

    Because AOL's carpetbomb into submission business model is incompatible with MS's burn, rape, & pillage business model. The former requires a steady stream of village idiots & court jesters to work, whereas the latter depends upon unprotected villagers and sheep.

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