Microsoft (MSFT) / Bill Gates

[blid2def]

xp pro...its ok too....

Yup, stable enough, better than 95/98 in my opinion.

Unfortunately, as M$ pulls the rug from under the s/w developers, you'll be compelled to move up in the end, unless you're willing to stick with the existing s/w you're using. For PC gamers, we're f**ked. It's always like that.

[b0rderc0llie]

Haha, just pay and support MSFT So poor thing, drop by 7.5%...

[blid2def]

Haha, just pay and support MSFT So poor thing, drop by 7.5%...

Okay lah, Windows 7 should claw back some of the lack of revenue from Vista I guess. They got lots of cash to burn, no need to pity them.

[kennynah]

sui lah....

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Microsoft (MSFT): Really Awful

Posted: July 23, 2009 at 3:32 pm

Microsoft did not do as well as Wall St. had hoped. The company posted revenue of $13.1 billion and EPS of $.34 . Analysts were looking for $.36 on $14.38 billion in revenue, A year ago, the world’s largest software company earned $.46 on nearly $15.84 billion in sales, which means that revenue dropped 17%.

Shares fell 8% on the news.

Numbers from most of the divisions were week. Client revenue dropped to $3.1 billion from $4.4 billion. Sever and tools revenue was down less sharply from $3.7 billion to $3.5 billion. Online revenue dropped to $837 million from $831 million. Business division revenue dropped sharply from $5.3 billion to $4.6 billion and Entertainment and Devices revenue from $1.6 billion to $1.2 billion.

Segment operating income also worsened in each business unit:

Operating Income (Loss) Q609/ Q609 Year 09 Year 08
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Client $2,167 $3,250 $10,856 $13,105
Server and Tools 1,349 1,369 5,327 4,539
Online Services Business (732) (485) (2,253) (1,222)
Microsoft Business Division 2,816 3,359 12,141 12,369
Entertainment & Devices (130) (171) 169 497
Corporate-level activity (1,483) (1,643) (5,877) (7,017)
—— —— —— ——
Consolidated $3,987 $5,679 $20,363 $22,271
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Microsoft is providing operating expense guidance of $26.6 billion to $26.9 billion for the full year ending June 30, 2010.

Things are getting bad in Redmond. Windows 7 will have to be a hit, or it will be a long decade.

24/7 wallstreet
Douglas A. McIntyre

[millionairemind]

* JULY 29, 2009, 8:15 A.M. ET

Microsoft, Yahoo Confirm Search Partnership Deal

Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) and Yahoo Inc. (YHOO) said they would enter into a 10-year search partnership agreement as the companies look to combine forces to take on industry giant Google Inc. (GOOG).

Microsoft will power Yahoo's search while Yahoo becomes the worldwide sales force for both companies' search advertisers. The deal is expected to close in early 2010.
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-200 ... 09160.html

[iam802]

a case of news priced in.

YHOO is down more than $1 today.

[kennynah]

Microsoft Q1 Profit Declines; Cuts FY10 Operating Expense Outlook - Quick Facts
10/23/2009 8:39 AM ET

(RTTNews) - Microsoft Corp. (MSFT: News ) reported that its first-quarter net income was $3.574 billion or $0.40 per share, compared to $4.373 billion or $0.48 per share in the same quarter last year. Non-GAAP net income for the latest quarter was $0.52 per share. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expected the company to report earnings of $0.32 per share for the quarter. Analysts' estimates typically exclude special items.

Revenues for the quarter were $12.92 billion, down from $15.06 billion in the prior year quarter. Non-GAAP revenues for the latest quarter were $14.39 billion. Twenty seven analysts had consensus revenue estimate of $12.32 billion for the quarter.

Microsoft said that it reduced its full year 2010 operating expense guidance to $26.2 billion - $26.5 billion, from the prior range of $26.6 billion - $26.9 billion.

[millionairemind]

Nov 5, 2009
Microsoft cuts 800 more jobs

WASHINGTON - US COMPUTER software giant Microsoft said on Wednesday it is cutting 800 more jobs in addition to 5,000 layoffs announced previously.

'Earlier this year, we announced that in order to reduce costs, increase efficiency and prioritise our focus areas, we would eliminate approximately 5,000 positions by June 2010,' Microsoft said in a statement. 'Today, we are eliminating around 800 positions spread across multiple businesses and locations and have completed our reduction plan sooner than we had anticipated 11 months ago.'

'What this is is the end of the effort that was announced by (Microsoft chief executive Steve) Ballmer and Microsoft in January,' Microsoft spokesman Lou Gellos said.

'At the same time, we continue to hire in priority areas, but also understand that continuing to manage our businesses closely, as we always do, can mean additional headcount adjustments,' the Microsoft statement said.

The total layoffs since January are the largest ever at the Redmond, Washington-based company, which had 91,005 employees at the end of September.

Microsoft has been battered by weak worldwide demand for personal computers and is hoping to get a boost from the release last month of its much-heralded next-generation operating system Windows 7. -- AFP

[kennynah]

continuing to manage our businesses closely, as we always do, can mean additional headcount adjustments

so eloquent.... this phrase, i must commit to memory..

what a champ.... fire people and still sound good at it

[iam802]

another term..that I have heard previously is "rightsizing"