Microsoft Posts Record Q1 Revenue of $16.20 Bn.

[gm0n3y]

[citation][nom]SneakySnake[/nom]and people are worried about Apple tax??MS makes 43% profit on products sold. Apple makes 21%. Interesting.[/citation]
Apple tax is on the hardware. M$ makes most of their profits on software.

 

[K2N hater]

Apple and Microsoft have much more in common than revenue. They have all their hardware made in China. It's all about cutting costs to maximize profits, isn't it?

 

[thlillyr]

If microsoft intel google and many other brands are posting RECORD PROFITS then why the fetch are they all STILL on hiring freezes? Is that what ballmer means by "... Continuing to control costs..."?

 

[ap3x]

So Microsoft had a great quarter but I would not compare the two. Apple and Microsoft are both doing well and even though Apple had higher revenue numbers (which is great) they would have to almost double those numbers in order to match Microsoft's profit margine simply due to the fact that MS does not make allot of hardware. Their numbers are mostly software so that means high profit.

Both are great companies doing some great things and it seems that Microsoft is really starting to find it's legs again release quality software in Windows 7 and the new Office. I just installed Office 2011 for Mac and am absolutely loving the new Outlook client vs the old Entourage one.

 

[LORD_ORION]

[citation][nom]SneakySnake[/nom]and people are worried about Apple tax??MS makes 43% profit on products sold. Apple makes 21%. Interesting.[/citation]

MS makes alot on software. There is hardly manfacturing cost for that compared to say, an iPhone, iPod, iPad.

 

[xerroz]

[citation][nom]SneakySnake[/nom]and people are worried about Apple tax??MS makes 43% profit on products sold. Apple makes 21%. Interesting.[/citation]
You pay $100 for the most awesome OS ever made while you're paying $1500 for shitty 2 year old hardware valued at $200.

That is why no one complains

 

[braneman]

and cnn was saying something about Microsoft being a dieing brand.

 

[planchero]

I have read a lot of articles talking about Microsoft’s downfall lately a few on Toms but mostly other sites. With numbers like that wish I had that kind of a dying company.

 

[ap3x]

[citation][nom]braneman[/nom]and cnn was saying something about Microsoft being a dieing brand.[/citation]

That is a common perspective but is flawed. Apple's hardware is not 2 years behind the curve. You can probably not even tell me what other company that makes a workstation with 12 damn cores in it. Do they exist somewhere else yea but even Alienware charges 4k for a quad core machine. Nothing shitty about the machines at all. They are solid boxes.

 

[qwed88]

The dumb ass's at CNN should try doing their research before they claim a company is dying.

 

[ern88]

I do like MS sice Windows 7. They have done pretty good. And I am quite happy with Win 7. Although I felt duped when I bought Win Vista Ult. and go reall a Win ME era ver if that Windows product.

 

[ap3x]

[citation][nom]ern88[/nom]I do like MS sice Windows 7. They have done pretty good. And I am quite happy with Win 7. Although I felt duped when I bought Win Vista Ult. and go reall a Win ME era ver if that Windows product.[/citation]

Agreed, Win7 is solid. Win Vista was not nearly as bad as people made it out to be but it did deserve allot of the beatings it took. It was very intrusive.

 

[soundping]

CNN must be working for Steve Jobs.

 

[uronacid]

Microsoft is a Dying brand... LUL

 

[iamtheking123]

Guess me pirating Win 7, XP, and Office didn't hurt them so much...

 

[Vladislaus]

[citation][nom]ap3x[/nom]You can probably not even tell me what other company that makes a workstation with 12 damn cores in it.[/citation]
HP, Dell, Asus to name a few.

 

[gogogadgetliver]

[citation][nom]thlillyr[/nom]If microsoft intel google and many other brands are posting RECORD PROFITS then why the fetch are they all STILL on hiring freezes? Is that what ballmer means by "... Continuing to control costs..."?[/citation]

Yes. Your tone indicates you are offended or something? You want them to hire people they don't need until they go unprofitable?

 

[gogogadgetliver]

[citation][nom]ap3x[/nom]That is a common perspective but is flawed. Apple's hardware is not 2 years behind the curve. You can probably not even tell me what other company that makes a workstation with 12 damn cores in it. Do they exist somewhere else yea but even Alienware charges 4k for a quad core machine. Nothing shitty about the machines at all. They are solid boxes.[/citation]

Anyone that traditionally offers a dual socket xeon worksation will have one. Really man Apple generally is obsolete. When they have *just* released a workstation it will be on par with other top end machines. Problem is they won't refresh the linup for years and years yet will not drop the price. As for Asus charging 4k? Yeah man the Intel x5680 is a $1700 for just a single chip.

 

[kronos_cornelius]

Great for Microsoft. I don't hold any stuck so I probably should not care. But it is a little like watching a sporting event. There it goes Apple... Google is advancing on Apple's turf. Now Microsoft is coming back as a relevant innovation company ... Goooool !

 

[r0x0r]

[citation][nom]qwed88[/nom]The dumb ass's at CNN should try doing their research before they claim a company is dying.[/citation]

Don't let the truth stand in the way of a good headline.

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Last time I checked Apple are a design and marketing company that just happens to sell electronic devices (primarily marketing; many of the designs were "inspired" by Braun).

It's like how McDonalds is primarily a real-estate business that just happens to sell hamburgers.

 

[-Fran-]

Ok, let's see the strong points:

· Office 2010 is off to a fast start with revenue growing over 15% in its first full quarter in market:

Well, if you create a market were people depend on it and don't have any kind of competition, plus, you don't invest much in R&D for it (the core from office, except ribbon, ain't changed at all IMO), plus, charge extra from the new bling bling, that 15% it's a joke.

· Microsoft continues to see a healthy and sustaining business PC refresh cycle:

Business PCs, that says it all. There's no real consumer movement there, is it? Just penny change I'd say.

· Xbox 360 consoles grew 38%, outselling every competing console in the U.S. for each of the past four months:

In the US... How about world figures? I know they'll prolly still be positive though, but I still wanna know. This is their golden cow till Apple/Sony/Nintendo steals it from them.

· For yet another quarter, Bing continued to grow market share, while achieving major milestones in implementing Microsoft’s partnership with Yahoo:

Sure, make it the defacto search engine for explorer and people won't even notice when they do their searches through it. Learn from Google on this one; ask on the very first use wich search engine you want to use; show some decency.

MS is a dying brand, don't fool yourselves. Anyone, not in the business circle, remember a company named IBM by any chance?

Cheers!

 

[rpgplayer]

Rank Company Country Industry Sales ($bil) Profits ($bil) Assets ($bil) Market Value ($bil)


1845 Nvidia United States Semiconductors 3.33 -0.07 3.59 9.35

yeah MS could buy nvidia

 

[rpgplayer]

"MS is a dying brand, don't fool yourselves. Anyone, not in the business circle, remember a company named IBM by any chance?"

Rank Company Country Industry Sales ($bil) Profits ($bil) Assets ($bil) Market Value ($bil)
33 IBM United States Software & Services 95.76 13.43 109.02 167.01

I don't see IBM as doing to awful bad.

 

[Vladislaus]

[citation][nom]Yuka[/nom]Ok, let's see the strong points:· Office 2010 is off to a fast start with revenue growing over 15% in its first full quarter in market: Well, if you create a market were people depend on it and don't have any kind of competition, plus, you don't invest much in R&D for it (the core from office, except ribbon, ain't changed at all IMO), plus, charge extra from the new bling bling, that 15% it's a joke.· Microsoft continues to see a healthy and sustaining business PC refresh cycle:Business PCs, that says it all. There's no real consumer movement there, is it? Just penny change I'd say.· Xbox 360 consoles grew 38%, outselling every competing console in the U.S. for each of the past four months:In the US... How about world figures? I know they'll prolly still be positive though, but I still wanna know. This is their golden cow till Apple/Sony/Nintendo steals it from them.· For yet another quarter, Bing continued to grow market share, while achieving major milestones in implementing Microsoft’s partnership with Yahoo:Sure, make it the defacto search engine for explorer and people won't even notice when they do their searches through it. Learn from Google on this one; ask on the very first use wich search engine you want to use; show some decency.MS is a dying brand, don't fool yourselves. Anyone, not in the business circle, remember a company named IBM by any chance?Cheers![/citation]
IBM is still the largest computer related company.

 

[randomizer]

Heaven forbid that a MS product should configure another MS product for optimal performance together....

You mean enabling a phone home service every time you disable it? Welcome to the Office Software Protection Platform. Sorry but that has nothing to do with performance.

And yes, heaven forbid any product to configure another one when I've explicitly configured it otherwise, and then continue reconfiguring it. Who owns your computer (I don't think the answer is actually that simple)? Of course this is what you get when you use proprietary software. Most Microsoft software has a lack of control to it that is second only to Apple's software.