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Computer Demand Boosts MS Profits

Posted by Zonk on from the going-up dept.

elzurawka wrote to mention a BBC article discussing Microsoft's boost in profits as a result of an upswing in PC demand. From the article: "The company announced record revenue of $39.79bn for the fiscal year ending on 30 June, an 8% increase over the $36.84 billion reported last year. The main drivers of sales for Microsoft's Windows, Office and Server software products - PC makers and Asian component manufacturers - have reported healthy demand for PCs."

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  1. The reason for MS's performance by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    They let the drivers of sales run in ring 0 which may perform better but exposes to kernel to crashes if the drivers are not thoroughly debugged.

  2. From the desk of captain obvious ... by nospmiS+remoH · · Score: 5, Funny

    In other news, the oil industry attributed increases in gas sales to an increase in automobile sales.

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  3. Compared to North Carolina by pastpolls · · Score: 4, Funny

    $39b for MS, as comprared to only $19b in gross collections for the NC Dept of Revenue for 2003-2004. I hope my state does not end up on the MS radar, it could get outsourced.

    1. Re:Compared to North Carolina by pastpolls · · Score: 2, Funny

      Well, I have not thought about it.

      China is communist, so I would not want to get outsourced to them because they would limit my internet access and my ability to play Battlefield 2 (just being honest).

      India is better that China, but the odds are I would end up in a one room shack that may or may not have running water, while my house gets bought by the few rich. There is not really a middle class in India, so I would assume I would go down rather than up. There are a lot of cows in NC, so there would be limit as to where I could move.

      I guess my choice would have to be Mexico. My housing complex could be turned into a resort (I am 5 minutes from the ocean). What I have in savings could support me for years. I don't buy bottled water now, but I guess I could start. Mexico it is then.

  4. Re:Millions of Linux users around the world by Leroy_Brown242 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah, in other news . . The summer is increasing the demand for water! Winter increases lightbulb usage! and Increased car usage ramps up need for better roads!

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  5. MS Business Plan by Innova · · Score: 5, Funny
    1. Design operating system with poor security.
    2. People throw away old computers with malware.
    3. Sell more licenses to operating system.
    4. Profit!!!
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  6. And just look how little tax they pay by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Who needs hospitals and edumacation anyway.

  7. Argh... by CarlinWithers · · Score: 2, Funny
    Every time my inner geeks feels pleased with the idea that MS is starting to release it's control of the computer industry...

    I am then crushed by an article about MS doing really well.

    I sincerely hope that MS is in fact loosing it's dominance. Not because I hate Microsoft, but because the continued dominance of MS means yet more time we'll spend without significant innovation through competition.

  8. This just in... by blakespot · · Score: 5, Funny
    A team of famed mathematicians have make the breakthrough discovery that the integer 2, when added to another integer of the same value (2), results in a sum total of the integer 4. Early speculation that the resultant integer would be 5 or 3 has been shattered. Stay tuned for further details on this revelation.


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  9. Re:Speaking of Cynicism... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Agreed. We should imprison them so that other people get the idea that they shouldn't become too successful...

    Strive for mediocrity.