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Where Microsoft's Profits Come From

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the just-in-case-you-were-wondering dept.

derrida writes "Microsoft is the largest, most profitable software company in the world. In case you had any doubts about where Microsoft's profit comes from, there's nothing better than a graph to make all those numbers clear. As you may have guessed, the desktop division is quite profitable, while the online division is a money pit."

3 of 295 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Interesting graph! by sopssa · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    All the top three make sense anyway. New Windows version (with new/changed API's and stuff like UAC) require a new Office version, which leads to more sales. Also, a lot of times both Windows+Office licenses are sold to companies together as they need them anyway. New Windows Server OS versions and tools are also released parallel to customer versions of Windows, so their sale will obviously increase as well.

    The drops are probably because a new OS version was coming up and people didn't want to buy the old one.

  2. So if Office makes all the money by Thad+Zurich · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    then why isn't it better?

  3. Trustworthyness: Zero! by Hurricane78 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The “article” does not contain a single info on where the data actually comes from. (Or have I missed it?)

    Which makes it impossible to determine, if it is legit, or fake.
    I also never heard of “businessinsider.com”, which means that they don’t have acquired any trust credit.

    So there is really only one thing to do: Ignore the graph.
    And give a negative credit to them, for failing to give credit (by|/) offer(ing) a source.

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    Any sufficiently advanced intelligence is indistinguishable from stupidity.