Comment Re:The summary isn't really fair. (Score 1) 810
It is a fact that they're losing money on them no matter what the idiot salesman told you.
Microsoft makes money off exactly THREE divisions in the company - Windows, Office, and Server OS, in descending order, with Windows and Office being the biggest cash cows as they have literaly monopolies in that space. In the server space they have serious competition but they still ended up with something like a 34% margin.
Everything else, and that's MSN, Xbox/Web TV, Pocket PC, and something else I forget, is losing money. Their losses ranged from a low of like -18% for MSN to a high of -194% for their mobile division - basically WinCE and PocketPC.
So tell your buddy at Circuit City to take some business or economics classes.
Microsoft makes money off exactly THREE divisions in the company - Windows, Office, and Server OS, in descending order, with Windows and Office being the biggest cash cows as they have literaly monopolies in that space. In the server space they have serious competition but they still ended up with something like a 34% margin.
Everything else, and that's MSN, Xbox/Web TV, Pocket PC, and something else I forget, is losing money. Their losses ranged from a low of like -18% for MSN to a high of -194% for their mobile division - basically WinCE and PocketPC.
So tell your buddy at Circuit City to take some business or economics classes.
