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appleinsider.com - 10/26/2008

Apple earnings, profits, and cash embarrass Microsoft

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While Microsoft executives like to talk about Apple as an insignificant company with less than 5% of the worldwide market share of all PCs and servers sold, the Mac maker now has more cash than Microsoft and earns more than half of its profits and over three fourths it's revenues.

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venturebeat.com - 10/24/2008

Microsoft closes the quarter with less cash than Apple

— venturebeat.com — Buried in the first quarter earnings report from Microsoft is an astounding fact. For the first time... that I can remember, Microsoft closed the quarter with less cash than Apple. Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments for Microsoft add up ... (more) Microsoft closes the quarter with less cash than Apple

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bits.blogs.nytimes.com - 10/25/2008

Microsoft's Vista Problem, By the Numbers

— bits.blogs.nytimes.com — The mix of Windows sales had tipped more toward low-cost PCs, which come with lower-margin versions of... Windows and often not Vista. (more) Microsoft's Vista Problem, By the Numbers

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updates.zdnet.com - 10/20/2008

operational accounting Resources

— updates.zdnet.com — ZDNet Resources Microsoft's Fiscal 2009 Q1: The good, bad and (not so) ugly There are a lot... of write-ups around the Web aboutMicrosoft's first quarter earnings for fiscal 2009, which the company announced on October 24, so I won't waste a lot of time ... (more) operational accounting Resources

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Graphic: How Apple is gaining on Microsoft
Brainstorm Tech: Technology blogs, news and analysis from Fortune Magazine » Apple 2.0 — ... ). As Apple Insider’s Prince McLean points out, if you use the non-GAAP deferred revenue numbers that Apple released last week (and are shown in this chart), the company now earns more than half of Microsoft’s profits on more than three fourths of its revenue (see Apple earnings, profits, and cash embarrass Microsoft). ...

Apple is gaining rapidly on Microsoft; 75% vs. 9% YOY revenue growth
MacDailyNews — ... . Prince McLean's reports for APpleInsider precipitated Elmer-Dewit's chart. McLean reports, "While Microsoft executives like to talk about Apple as an insignificant company with less than 5% of the worldwide market share of all PCs and servers sold, the Mac maker now has more cash than Microsoft and earns more than half of its profits and over three fourths its revenues." Full article here . [Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "JES42" for the heads up.]

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Apple And Microsoft Earnings Are Near Equal
WebProNews Feed — ... A friend sent me this link comparing revenue, profit, and cash positions for Microsoft and Apple. I almost fell off my chair when reading this data from ...