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:2005-11-10
I stand by the statement. Vista and Server 2003 sales remain flat.
Microsoft also published Balance Sheet and Operating Income by segment. Sales of client and server segments are not flat.
http://www.microsoft.com/msft/earnings/FY08/earn_rel_q1_08.mspx
Get the facts. 
Member since:2006-09-29
Member since:2006-03-10
I stand by the statement. Vista and Server 2003 sales remain flat. (that is to say, sales of Vista and Server 2003 do not explain the Qtr earnings improvement)
From marketwatch.com:
"Microsoft's client unit, which includes the Vista operating system released to consumers in January, posted $4.1 billion in revenue for the quarter. That's a 24% increase from the same period a year earlier."
Companies would be falling all over themselves if 'flat' meant a 24% sales increase.
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2006-09-29
The 10k is the source, not an article written by a reporter who gets a paycheck from advertising paid for by Microsoft.
I stand by the statement. Vista and Server 2003 sales remain flat. (that is to say, sales of Vista and Server 2003 do not explain the Qtr earnings improvement)