Star Vista Sales Propel Microsoft Profits to USD 5bn Beating Expectations
Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Fri 27th Apr 2007 07:14 UTC
Microsoft "Microsoft Corp. posted a 65 percent rise in quarterly profit Thursday, topping Wall Street estimates thanks to better than expected demand for its new Windows Vista operating system." More here.
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RE[4]: huh?
by ThawkTH on Fri 27th Apr 2007 14:34 UTC in reply to "RE[3]: huh?"
ThawkTH
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2005-07-06

Essentially giving something away is NOT great marketing...

It's a luxury, and one MS only has because of it's monopoly (or virtual monopoly depending upon who you are speaking to).

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RE[5]: huh?
by matthekc on Sat 28th Apr 2007 05:32 in reply to "RE[4]: huh?"
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2006-10-28

I think it was brilliant marketing they sold people something they never even had seen yet. It wasn't a free os it was a reduced price upgrade.

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