wanted: performance laptop, no windoze tax

[Kenneth Marcy]

On 7/16/2014 4:41 PM, Temlakos wrote:
> So what you're saying is, Microsoft makes no money, or even loses 
> money, on OEM installations, and hopes to make all their money on 
> those who upgrade existing hardware from one version of Windows to 
> another. Or maybe on advertising through the Bing search engine.

In a word, no.  Microsoft's financial reporting model has changed in the 
last couple of years, making direct revenue and earnings by product less 
obvious than previously.  However, it is still the case that 70 percent 
of Microsoft's revenue comes from commercial and consumer licensing, and 
from those most of the company's profits derive.  Other divisions taken 
together are profitable, though individual areas may still be investment 
rather than profit centers.  To suggest that Microsoft is not making 
money on Windows and Office licenses is simply not true.


Ken