Vista Sales Strong, Higher Than Expected

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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It is strange how

[anss123]

Microsoft always seem to do better this quarter, than the last. I'm starting to wonder if they're tinkering with statistics here. You know the saying... lies, damn lies and ..... Reminds me a bit on how unemployment always seems to go down in Britain, no matter what.

I can see...

[freedom_india]

I can see a million slashdotters throwing chairs at their desktops...-:)

Seriously, how come the evil empire refuses to roll over the die when it has faced the heat of Glasnost-Ubuntu?

Maybe what does not kill me makes me stronger???

There is no logic..

Re:No!

[oliverthered]

Do you feel happy allowing people to run an operating system that at least in the server world is a complete pile of shit that randomly breaks in completely unfixable ways with poor documentation etc....

Not using Windows is a moral derision

Thank you Slashdot

[Thabenksta]

Thank you for posting one non-biased positive article about Vista.

I'm really starting to get tired of every other Slashdot article turning into a Vista bashing forum.

Re:No!

[drinkypoo]

Yes but there is a difference between a technology causing harm to the industry and causing harm to you personally. For instance if I'm a developer working on Windows I won't be causing myself any harm. In fact I'd probably be helping myself.

You'd be selfishly helping yourself in the short term while foolishly harming everyone in the long term.

A lot of "us" windows developers have been programming on it since before it became the "EVIL SATAN" often portrayed here on slashdot and make an excellent living at it.

No, you got that wrong. It's A lot of "us" windows developers have been programming on it since before it became portrayed as the "EVIL SATAN" here on slashdot. Microsoft has always been evil. With their very first product, BASIC for Altair, if you got a bad tape they wouldn't replace it. Their entire history is one of taking advantage of others, and once they had a monopoly position, abusing that.

Supporting Microsoft is supporting illegal, anticompetitive behavior, period, the end.

But right now I work on the "Ford" of the industry.

Well, Fords are pieces of shit so that part of the metaphor fits, but they're not the same kind of anticompetitive fuckers as Microsoft (mostly because they've never had a monopoly.)

We deal with the reality of the industry, and that reality is that Windows dominates the market so it makes economic sense to use it.

Bigotry dominates the social landscape, does that mean it makes sense to be a bigot? After all, it will help you fit right in.

Your excuses do not excuse the fact that supporting Microsoft is supporting bad behavior that none of us want to see.

I sympathize; we all need to make a living in this bullshit capitalist society. But nothing you say will alter the repercussions of your actions.