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TheBigFatJ on 23 January 2008
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rocketpig said:
TheBigFatJ said:
Whatever their profit is, it will be a paper-only profit. That is, their expenses will exceed their revenue, but they will hide that fact with money set aside and charged to their previous fiscal year.

True, but at least it's starting to prove that their business model is viable over the longterm.

Just cut the RRoD crap next gen.


If your strategy requires you to release a system with no hitches in order to generate a profit, you are setting yourself up for failure.  MS isn't exactly known for reliability, quality or consistency, so they should probably pay special attention to those areas rather than undermanning those areas and shipping in a hurry despite known problems.

MS may feel justified sweeping the repair cost under the rug this time around.  Perhaps next time there will be something similar to sweep under the rug.  It's not exactly a surprise that MS has had 6 or 7 consecutive years with ~$1 billion in losses average per year.  Why should they sweep it under the run and come out bragging about a profit they made just for this fiscal year?