Strong sales of new and old products alike led Microsoft to its fastest first-quarter growth in eight years, with the company reporting growth in all five business segments and both revenue and earnings per share that beat analyst expectations. Revenue for the fiscal quarter ended Sept. 30 was up 27 percent at USD 13.76 billion compared to USD 10.81 billion a year ago, Microsoft said Thursday. Consensus estimates from Thomson First Call analysts were for the company to generate revenue of USD 12.57 billion. Microsoft's EPS for the quarter was USD 0.45, which also soundly beat Thomson First Call consensus estimate of USD 0.39. Net income for the quarter was USD 4.29 billion, a 23 percent increase over the USD 3.48 billion reported a year ago. At USD 5.92 billion, operating income for the quarter also had double-digit percentage growth: an increase of more than 25 percent over operating income reported for the same period last year of USD 4.47 billion.
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Member since:2006-03-12
"Welcome to my world, as I feel the same way about this site with regard to the anti-Linux bashing.
Bottom line of this news from further 10k analysis - Microsoft profits are up because of a successful game release (halo 3). Vista and Server 2003 sales remained flat."
many companies due to how they pay for the OS can install Vista, but may have not done...and the migration from their product offerings have not been large enough to hurt there bottom line.
The Xbox has made a massive loss overall and Zune too, you have to remember that $300 million is nothing compared to $60Billion although I'm sure it has helped this quarter.
Member since:2006-03-10
Vista and Server 2003 sales remained flat
That doesn't jive with the article contents claiming "Strong performances from Microsoft's client, business, sever and tools and online divisions also contributed to revenue growth in the quarter. In particular, Microsoft said sales of its Windows Vista OS experienced double-digit growth through multi-year business contracts, and demand for Microsoft Office, Windows Server and SQL Server was also high."
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2006-09-29
Welcome to my world, as I feel the same way about this site with regard to the anti-Linux bashing.
Bottom line of this news from further 10k analysis - Microsoft profits are up because of a successful game release (halo 3). Vista and Server 2003 sales remained flat.