[linux-audio-user] Whats wrong with M$ ?

[Patrick Shirkey]

I found this yesterday while reading the Herald-Tribune - A pretty 
reputable paper in this part of the world.

WINDOWS' WIDE OPEN MARGINS: Microsoft Corp., the worlds biggest software 
maker, had an operating profit of 86 percent on sales of it's Windows 
operating system in the past quarter, according to a filing with the 
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commision.
  The company's client division, which markets Windows XP, Windows 2000, 
Windows NT Workstation, Windows Me and Windows 98, posted an operating 
profit of $2.48 billion on sales of $2.89 billion in the quarter that 
ended Sept. 30. The figures were detailed in a document Microsoft 
submitted to the SEC last week. Windows accounted for 37 percent of 
sales in the period and 61 percent of operating profit.

Herald-Tribune, 18 Nov, 2002

Sorry, but when did 86% profit margins become derigeur?

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Patrick Shirkey - Boost Hardware Ltd.
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