MS financial update

[Tom]

For those who consider MS to be the enemy, here are some numbers you should look at:

MS earnings and revenue for the quarter ending October 2003.  All #'s are in billions of US$.

As usual, Windows and Office are the money makers.

Total:
2.6 in earnings on $8.2 in revenue.

Client unit (desktop windows)

2.26 on 2.81
2.27 on 2.81 year ago

Server & Tools unit

0.37 on 1.87
0.30 on 1.63 year ago

Information Worker (Office)

1.59 on 2.29
1.66 on 2.27 year ago

They have 51 in (petty) cash.

These numbers remind me that desktop Linux and OpenOffice are important.

Tom.

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