bits.blogs.nytimes.com - 10/25/2008
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The mix of Windows sales had tipped more toward low-cost PCs, which come with lower-margin versions of Windows and often not Vista.
microsoft.com - 10/23/2008
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XBRLVersion Earnings - XBRL v2.1 (291kb) Microsoft Reports Record
First-Quarter Revenue Revenue surpasses $15 billion with healthy sales of enterprise software and Xbox 360 consoles REDMOND, Wash. — ...
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Microsoft Reports First-Quarter Earnings
venturebeat.com - 10/24/2008
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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 ...
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Microsoft closes the quarter with less cash than Apple
updates.zdnet.com - 10/20/2008
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ZDNet Resources Microsoft starts another Windows 7 blog
For those who may be finding the Engineering Windows
7 blog a little ... theoretical ... for their tastes, there's a new Microsoft-backed Windows 7 blog that's just started up. by Mary Jo Foley ...
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Microsoft Still Has a Vista Problem [Microsoft]
Gizmodo —
... it's still not selling enough Windows Vista. Sure, more people might be PCs lately, but they're other, less profitable versions. Microsoft makes about $70 per Vista PC, but less than half of that on a netbook Windows license, which now makes up more of the Windows mix than ever. So the Windows division actually saw a 4 percent drop in operating income for the quarter. And it's likely not going to get better with Windows 7 looming so conspicously on the horizon. [Bits]
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Linkpost | 10.25.2008
TechBlog —
... - Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference starts next week with the unveiling of Windows 7. • Microsoft's Vista Problem, by the Numbers - Microsoft's just not selling enough copies of Vista. • ...
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Windows 7 pre-beta build: What’s inside
All about Microsoft —
... this year, and final by next year. With Vista’s growth rates nothing to write home about , I’m sure Microsoft — even with all of its quality controls — has a lot of incentive to get Windows 7 out there sooner rather than later…. Anyone else hearing about any new Windows 7 features we’ll see later this week? I’m especially interested in what Microsoft is planning to deliver in Windows 7 for enterprise users, as most of these features are consumer-focused.
Windows 7 First Impressions: Hey, This Looks Pretty Good!
Technologizer —
... , and even Microsoft itself may be afflicted. Is there a cure? Maybe so–in the form of Windows 7, Vista’s successor. Microsoft has been surprisingly mum about W7 until now. But most of the secrecy ends today: The company is ...
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Vista SP2 beta due next week —
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