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Vista Sales Strong, Higher Than Expected

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the so-it-begins dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Despite reports, it seems Microsoft is not only alive, but has been thriving these last few months. Following Apple's solid earnings yesterday comes above-expectation reporting from Microsoft. Profits jumped 65% from the previous year, and sales of its Windows operating system were strong: 'Microsoft said it deferred $1.2 billion in Windows Vista revenue to the third quarter, to account for upgrade coupons given to PC buyers during the holiday season before the consumer launch of the new operating system. Excluding this figure, client revenue totaled $4.1 billion, 30 percent higher than last year.' Microsoft Chief Financial Officer Chris Liddell said Vista beat internal forecasts by $300 million to $400 million, and Office 2007 sales were $200 million better than expected."

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  1. No! by MyLongNickName · · Score: 4, Funny

    No. It can't be. I've been hearing on Slashdot how Microsoft is a dying company for the past five years. And I believe EVERYTHING I read on Slashdot!

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    1. Re:No! by mattgreen · · Score: 4, Funny

      Crap, you beat me to it.

      Luckily, THIS year is the year of Linux on the desktop, however!

    2. Re:No! by klubar · · Score: 4, Funny

      I believe that correct answer is, "next year is going to be the year of linux". Thus you can always be right.

    3. Re:No! by Yvan256 · · Score: 5, Funny

      I've been hearing on Slashdot how Microsoft is a dying company for the past five years.
      They're just trying to copy Apple again, which has been dying for over 20 years now.

  2. Ahhh-Chooo!!!!!! by Taimat · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Ahhh-Chooo!!!!!! ....excuse me, I'm allergic to bullshit."
    -Will Smith, i-Robot

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  3. Re:Coupons == Stock manipulation? by da_foz · · Score: 2, Funny

    He needed the extra cash so that he could afford to upgrade all of his personal computers to Vista...

  4. Hmm, this is odd... by mattgreen · · Score: 4, Funny

    I've read so many predictions of Microsoft's demise here because of (admittedly well-founded) flaws in Vista. Surely this article is wrong! Maybe RoughlyDrafted can set the record straight for me...

  5. FUD! by McGurk · · Score: 2, Funny

    What is WITH all the M$ FUD on /.??? Can't you just report facts in an unbiased fashion? What's with all this "Vista will fail" shit? All this "Vista don't work" shit? All this "Vista... " wait, hold on. Vista sales exceeding expectations? Lemme check my URL, hang on... Nope, this is /. Oh, wait, it must be one of those fishing sites exploiting vulnerabilities in IE7 in order to get my OSTG login information! DAMN YOU HACKERS!!

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  6. Simple Explanations by cordsie · · Score: 3, Funny

    The way I see it, this can be one of two things:

    1) Vista is actually being well received, and selling like hotcakes despite all reports to the contrary.
    2) Even MS-Excel has critical bugs when running under Vista, especially the version used by Microsoft's accounting department.

  7. Re:Sketchy figures... by bigman2003 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Thank god there are financial analysts here on Slashdot to point out Microsoft's accounting shenanigans.

    Microsoft had the entire financial industry bamboozled, but nothing gets past the wiz-kids here!

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  8. Vista Sales Strong, Higher Than Expected by darjen · · Score: 2, Funny

    Vista Sales Strong, Higher Than Expected
    Expected by who - the Slashdot crowd, or the rest of the world?
  9. Anonymous-Astroturf=0? by haakondahl · · Score: 2, Funny

    An anonymous reader writes "Despite reports, it seems Microsoft is not only alive, but has been thriving these last few months.


    An anonymous reader from http://marketing.microsoft.com/Vista/PhaseII/Oh_Sh it.aspx ...
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  10. ... and dont need to purchase it every 6 months? by Skapare · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... and dont need to purchase it every 6 months

    Please don't given them any ideas.

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  11. Re:Microsoft genius by vindimy · · Score: 2, Funny

    (1) Create a crap OS. (2) Force people to buy it (3) People can't stand it and buy a second OS (4) Crow about sales being up

    (5) Profit!!!
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