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Microsoft releases Q4 results, profits down 29%

section: microsoft, for your questions: KezNews forum, 24.7.2009

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According to a press release, Microsoft has released its fourth quarter results ending June 30, 2009.




Microsoft announced a revenue of $13.10 billion. That's down 17% from last year. Net profit for the period was $3.1bn (£1.9bn), down by 29% from the same period a year earlier.

"Our business continued to be negatively impacted by weakness in the global PC and server markets," said Chris Liddell, chief financial officer at Microsoft. "In light of that environment, it was an excellent achievement to deliver over $750 million of operational savings compared to the prior year quarter."

In a conference call, Chris Liddell said, "We don't expect conditions to improve much, but we don't expect them to worsen either".

Client revenue was the main headline according to ZDNet. Here's an explanation from Microsoft:

Client revenue decreased primarily as a result of PC market weakness, especially PCs sold to businesses, and a 13 percentage point decline in the OEM premium mix to 59%. Revenue growth from Windows operating systems was also impacted by a $276 million deferral for the Windows 7 Upgrade Option program. OEM revenue decreased $1.1 billion or 31%, while OEM license units decreased 10%. Based on our estimates, total worldwide PC shipments from all sources declined approximately 5% to 7%, driven by decreased demand in emerging and developed markets.

source: neowin.net

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By Chris Liddell on 25.07.2009 - 02:07
a secret memo says the execution is allready in progress analysts inside microsoft predicting "its like a hit & run situation" the whole w7 thing is a scam they take the money and run, insiders report personal manager are allready booking last minute flight trips to argentina and brazil to former nazi hiding places.



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