“The slump in global PC sales and broad economic weakness has battered Microsoft’s results over the last year, compounding already weakened demand for Windows Vista,” DiColo reports. “But on Thursday, the company moved to recharge revenue growth with the launch of its next-generation operating system, Windows 7.”
MacDailyNews Take: Funny, there seems to be no “slump” in Mac sales despite “broad economic weakness.” Apple just sold a record number of Macs, so Microsoft’s excuse rings hollow. More likely, people are tired of wasting their money on cheap poorly-faked Macs and are instead wisely investing in the real thing. And “next-generation” sounds so much more impressive than what it really is, a Vista service pack. “Window 7” is nothing more than lipstick on the Vista pig.
DiColo continues, “Revenue for its Windows unit, Microsoft’s largest division, was still down 39% from last year, and earnings for the division fell 52%. For the quarter ended Sept. 30, Microsoft reported earnings of $3.57 billion, or 40 cents a share, down from $4.37 billion, or 48 cents a share, a year earlier. Revenue declined 14% to $12.92 billion.”
“Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expected earnings of 32 cents on revenue of $12.37 billion,” DiColo reports. “The company’s server and tools was the only one to post revenue growth, albeit 0.5% growth, while sales at the business division fell 11%. In online services, a small but important division, revenue decreased 5.8%… Meanwhile, Microsoft reduced its full-year operating expense guidance by $400 million to between $26.2 billion and $26.5 billion.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Declined, decreased, fell, reduced, down, weakened, and battered. Any questions?