dbot said:
crho said:
bumidan said:
Anybody know if there are details about the EDD division like in previous earnings releases?
Right now, its just numbers.
Previously, there were some data
eg.
shipped __ number of xbox
R&D increased by $x million
etc...
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http://www.microsoft.com/msft/download/FY09/Q1-09_10Q.doc
Entertainment and Devices Division (“EDD”) offerings include the Xbox 360 platform (which includes the Microsoft Xbox video game console system, Xbox 360 video games, Xbox Live, and Xbox 360 accessories), the Zune digital music and entertainment platform, PC software games, online games and services, Mediaroom (our Internet protocol television software), the Surface computing platform, mobile and embedded device platforms, and other devices. EDD leads the development efforts for our line of consumer software and hardware products including application software for Apple’s Macintosh computers and Microsoft PC hardware products, and is responsible for all retail sales and marketing for Microsoft Office and the Windows operating systems.
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Why is retail office and xp/vista in EDD?
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I read it as they saying that EDD manages the retail sales and marketing but the revenue gets accounted under the proper division. They probably do that so there's just one MS salesman per shop instead of a sales guy for xbox things, a second guy for xp and a third guy for office.
