ckmlb said:
Lingyis said:
ckmlb said:
People were talking about the billion dollars in repair costs being insignificant to MS, but really it's like 1/5 of MS' total yearly net income or 1/12 of their revenue down the drain. I mean they can take it but it's definitely not insignificant. |
ahem, 1 billion is 1/5 of MS income last QUARTER. they make about $14 billion a year. probably $17-$18 billion this fiscal year with vista. EDIT: 1 billion is significant no matter how you look at it. even if a company makes $100 bln profit 1 bln is still 1 bln. in 2007 anyway. |
That 14 billion is not net income that is revenue. So 1 billion dollars is 1/5 of their net income of in a year and 1/14 of their total revenue. In either case this is a big hit. |
Ck, you should do research before stating things with such certainty.
http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/18/Profits_1.html?boxes=custom
Microsoft's yearly profits are approximately 14 billion. Their revenue is over 40 billion. You can't make stuff like this up, it's much too easy to check.
