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Lemme see if I can add a super quick/dirty
post-mortem on the obit ...
From InfoWorld mag 12/09/02 p. 24:
"In a recent financial statement, Microsoft revealed
for the first time that desktop Windows makes a
profit margin of > 85%. To put this in personal
terms, for every dollar you spent licensing the
OS last year, Microsoft spent less than 15 cents
on all Windows packaging, marketing, and, oh yeah,
improving the product."
Folks that pay attention to the financial aspects of the
industry are aware of the fact that, for a firm of the size
and characteristics of MS, an 85+% profit margin is
Massively and Obnoxiously Obscene ...
"Such is the industry!"
Cheers,
Puddin'
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On Tue, 17 Dec 2002 16:05:08
William W. Viergever wrote:
>For Inquiring, and Nostalgic, Minds (FINM):
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>see ....
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>http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,767456,00.asp
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