Re: [newbie] M$ and 85%

2002-11-20 Thread meteor
Could you provide a link to validate that this is a true MS report? But anyway, from the open source standpoint of view we could only break the dominance if we produce software, that will be accepted by the masses. A "exotic" thing like the linux OS will never do this job! Just yesterday my mathem

RE: [newbie] M$ and 85%

2002-11-19 Thread Eric L
turn this into a profit, as long the console itself sells well but that is really just my opinion... From: "Franki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "NEWBIE 1" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [newbie] M$ and 85% Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 23:20:2

RE: [newbie] M$ and 85%

2002-11-19 Thread Franki
bject: [newbie] M$ and 85% According to yesterdays FT, Operating system division supports other arms which show heavy losses Windows OS enjoys 85% profit margins, while remaining business enjoy losses. The client division made a profit of $2.48bn on revenue $2.89bn amoungst M$ 's other business

[newbie] M$ and 85%

2002-11-19 Thread John Richard Smith
According to yesterdays FT, Operating system division supports other arms which show heavy losses Windows OS enjoys 85% profit margins, while remaining business enjoy losses. The client division made a profit of $2.48bn on revenue $2.89bn amoungst M$ 's other businesses , Home entertainment(XB