Microsoft Reports First Ever Quarterly Loss

[98 Guy]

Good.

This illegal monopoly, this psychopathic corporation is going down the
toilet.

The cancer that they've created in Windows XP and beyond is going to be
their doom.

Windows 8 is going to be an epic fail.

If anyone here is looking for old Windows / Micro$haft software (MSDN)
from the years 1997 through 2003, just let me know.

I'll post links to where you can download it.

Office 97, 2000, 2003
Windows 95/98/ME (and their SDK's, DDK's, etc)
Visual Studio 6

And lots more.

Together, we can help to kill this beast - by doing the "green" thing
and recycling their old (but still perfectly functional) software.

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http://seattle.cbslocal.com/2012/07/19/microsoft-reports-first-ever-quarterly-loss/

Microsoft Reports First Ever Quarterly Loss

REDMOND, Wash. (AP) — Microsoft says an accounting adjustment to reflect
a weak online ad business led to its first quarterly loss as a public
company.

It had warned that it was taking a $6.2 billion charge because its 2007
purchase of online ad service aQuantive hasn’t yielded the returns
envisioned by management. The non-cash adjustment is something companies
do when the value of their assets decline. Microsoft Corp. paid $6.3
billion for aQuantive, only to see rival Google Inc. expand its share of
the online ad market.

The charge led to a $492 million loss in the April-June quarter, or 6
cents a share. That compares with earnings of $5.9 billion, or 69 cents,
a year ago.

[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

Post by 98 Guy
Good.
This illegal monopoly, this psychopathic corporation is going down the
toilet.
The cancer that they've created in Windows XP and beyond is going to be
their doom.

Wow, you've definitely got a bad case of bed side today (-:!

As for XP: I think (as I've said often enough that you must be fed up)
it's where '9x was a few years ago: Microsoft wish it would die, but
lots of people (a) like it (b) know how to beat it into submission.
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Post by 98 Guy
http://seattle.cbslocal.com/2012/07/19/microsoft-reports-first-ever-quar
terly-loss/
Microsoft Reports First Ever Quarterly Loss
REDMOND, Wash. (AP) — Microsoft says an accounting adjustment to reflect
a weak online ad business led to its first quarterly loss as a public
company.

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I'm afraid it's because some web advertising company they bought isn't
doing as well as they expected; their core business is, whether you like
it or not (I'm not expressing a view myself on that), doing well enough
thank you. The loss they've declared (6.2) is less than they paid (6.3)
for the adbiz.