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Did Microsoft Alter Windows Sales Figures?
Saxophonist writes "InformationWeek claims to have analyzed Microsoft's most recent Form 10-Q and observed that a reported increase in earnings for the Windows unit may be due to accounting trickery rather than actual sales growth. Microsoft apparently increased its reported revenues for its Windows, Server & Tools, and Office units at least partly through shifting revenues from other units. While there may be nothing 'to suggest the company's revisions violate any accounting rules,' the actual growth in Windows sales was likely nowhere near the high double-digit percentage growth claimed. InformationWeek speculates that revenues from Xbox and Surface may have been among the revenues shifted to the other divisions."
I'm sure their investors will be quite pleased to learn that M$ has been lying to them for years and years. In fact, I don't understand why M$ has any investors left period. Their stock hasn't done anything in the past 10 years, literally. They don't even pay a good dividend. Apple, Google, Oracle, etc.. all rising the past 10 years. I really can't imagine why any investor would stick with M$ when they could be making millions off other investments... M$ will never make a comeback. Never.