Microsoft Still Making More $$$ Than Apple
Yes, Microsoft is still making more money than Apple.
Apple on Tuesday reported earnings of $15.7 billion and a net quarterly profit of $3.25 billion or $3.51 per diluted share. With successful launches of both the iPad and iPhone 4, Apple was pretty pleased with its quarterly report for the third quarter of its fiscal year, but was it enough to beat long-time rival, Microsoft?
In the run up to Microsoft's earnings call, which took place yesterday, there was speculation that this could be the first time Apple actually made more money than Microsoft. However, the Redmond-based company has since revealed revenues of $16.04 billion – which is ahead of estimates from Wall Street – and a net profit of $4.52 billion (a 48 percent increase over last year), or $0.51 per share per diluted share.
Microsoft also revealed that it has sold 175 million Windows 7 licenses and 1.5 million Xboxes. The company reported an Xbox Live subscriber base of more than 25 million.
It's certainly a different picture to the one painted last year, when Microsoft reported its first annual sales decline in company history. However, not every department is making boatloads of money. FastCompany reports that "Online services," (Bing, Bing Maps, etc.) was the only major sector of Microsoft to lose money, but things aren't all bad there, either as Microsoft reports Bing growth has been up for 13 consecutive months.
Because this was Microsoft's fourth fiscal year quarter, Redmond also released numbers for its fiscal year ended June 30, 2010. For FY2010, the company reported revenue of $62.48 billion, a 7 percent increase from the prior year. Operating income, net income and diluted earnings per share for the year were $24.10 billion, $18.76 billion and $2.10, which represented increases of 18 percent, 29 percent and 30 percent, respectively.
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Oh, well i hate both companies
Respect!!! W00t Windows 7 is awesome, something that MS shoulda done in the first place for Vista. What I dont like is the fact that those who purchased vista got no upgrade or special deal for 7
I hate vista, slow and laggy n stuff. If MS offers me a nice cheap upgrade from vista to 7 ill take it. And I bought Vista like 8/9 months before 7's release
Win 7 has really saved MS here, otherwise Apple would have easily overtaken MS, but that become reality in the near future considering how things are going with Apple... their fan base is just crazy...
I wonder how much google made this year...?
Both tech companies are pioneers in this business, and so I am glad to see both of them do well.
I am also glad to see Apple catch up a little bit, not because I like Apple products, but because both companies will push harder to create better products when they feel threatened by one another. Which in the end can only be better for the consumer.
Don't go spend it all on some fancy record player, ya hear?
i really feel threatened by jobs' powers..i hope MS doesnt let him get ahead, ever.
We will see what apples next quarter is like when they have to factor in 3million cases that they have to give away.
We will see what apples next quarter is like when they have to factor in 3million cases that they have to give away.
I'm sure the profit on each iPhone 4 is more than the 10 cents it costs to make a rubber case.
"Microsoft is still making more money than Apple."
Well, duh... For the same reasons that soccer is more popular than football.
Jane that pic should be used in the next TH's "Insert Caption Here" contest. Whatever happened to that Jane/TH Staff?
Jane that pic should be used in the next TH's "Insert Caption Here" contest. Whatever happened to that Jane/TH Staff?
Yeah, what happened to that?, it was really funny...
OMG, Jobs will eat his liver out... maybe that's what happened to his first one.
So they are still ~ 10x bigger in computers.
Why is this news?
Yeah, what happened to that?, it was really funny...
The pic above to me looks like he's saying "BOO-YAH!"
It's time governments begin to use freeware. Unbutu, Open Office, Gimp and some other programs. A workstation has no real benefit of using microsoft product over a Linux platform.
It's time governments begin to use freeware. Unbutu, Open Office, Gimp and some other programs. A workstation has no real benefit of using microsoft product over a Linux platform.
Really, no real benefit of using Windows in an environment with AD, Exchange, Sharepoint, OCS, SCCM, etc. etc.? Yes, our government should hire a ton of developers to develop a version of Linux that acts just like Windows in a Windows environment...or just use Windows...which is what they should and will do.
There's definitely a place for Linux, but it's not in replacing desktops in an environment like that.
Ya know... this is kinda reassuring. Seriously... like picking the lesser of two evils. MS is far less evil what with Gates and Allan throwing cash to charities like the shit grows wild.
And did I just see someone running with rampant misspellings and bad grammar call Jane an idiot? Nah... really?
Ya know... this is kinda reassuring. Seriously... like picking the lesser of two evils. MS is far less evil what with Gates and Allan throwing cash to charities like the shit grows wild.And did I just see someone running with rampant misspellings and bad grammar call Jane an idiot? Nah... really?
Gates has virtually nothing to do with MS anymore, and how that charity would have anything to do with making one company less evil than the other is beyond me. Both companies are not humans, they don't have emotions. They have directives and agendas and goals. Depending on your stance either could be evil and either could be good. Apple's agenda is to think of the user environment first, to turn a blind eye to what everyone else is doing and carve their own path. Microsoft's agenda is to provide software that is more or less utilitarian and generic so that it fits in many environments. Being creative is not one of their high points. Apple does hardware, Microsoft does very little. Microsoft is trying hard to capture some of what Apple is peddling, because, it genuinely is good stuff. When you've got 10s of thousands of Microsoft employees touting iPhones and iPods, it should tell you something.
Hmm, as long as people keep buying the crappy iPhone and the too expensive Windows 7, these things will keep happening.
So they are still ~ 10x bigger in computers.Why is this news?
Isn't that exactly why it's news?
Apple is not intended for casual users, I think.
That's without a major product launch too. The iPad's launch is included though.
Apple is not intended for casual users, I think.
I disagree. The layout is according to apple to be simple enough to be used by anyone, including the Casual user. although the products are expensive, i would say Casual users are included in their target market.
Jane that pic should be used in the next TH's "Insert Caption Here" contest. Whatever happened to that Jane/TH Staff?
Yeah, what happened to that?, it was really funny...
It's true, I haven't done a caption contest in a while. Busy, busy, busy in the office these days.
I'm on holidays next week, but I promise I'll do one the week after. : )
I am getting so tired of people ragging on vista.....if you have the current SP and updates and remove all the bloatware it runs just as well as Windows 7 does....
No one seems to remember that XP sucked too until SP2 was out
Win 7 has really saved MS here, otherwise Apple would have easily overtaken MS
You really think that businesses would have thrown out their computers and got their IT departments to go fruity just because a Windows OS got some bad press? Many were planning on sticking with XP during the Vista era regardless of whether or not it was good.
Well done Microsoft, let's keep this going!
Windows 7 is a great product, imo by far the best OS ever (i said imo- dont quote me on this). im looking forward to seeing MS keep growing
well MS users have "GAMES FOR WINDOWS" ..what about apple users ??? "no games for MAC" or what ???
Go MS! Windows 7 rocked, though Windows Me is a bit hard to forget, in a bad way.