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"kurttrail" wrote in message
... Kerry Brown wrote: "kurttrail" wrote in message ... Ron Martell wrote: kony wrote: On Wed, 11 May 2005 18:35:54 -0500, "Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote: Q. "How does MS justify that cost; maybe takes a quarter to make for them?" A. Microsoft spent billions of $$$ to develop Windows XP. The cost to manufacturer the CDs is irrelevant since they expect a return on their massive investment. Also, ongoing improvements to Windows XP, in the form of "Service Packs" and "hotfixes", are absorbed by Microsoft and are offered free to the consumer. You must be joking. Cost is relative. Good. You can pay the bills then. I could even on only a 20% profit margin. -- Peace! Kurt Self-anointed Moderator microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea http://microscum.com/mscommunity "Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an Oxymoron! "Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei" I have run several different businesses over the last 30 years. The ones that had a 20% gross profit margin eventually failed. It takes around 25% - 30% gross margin to break even for most businesses. You would have to be incredibly efficient to survive on 20%. I can see where software development may be different as there is less cost of sales, but a lot more salaries and related expenses. This would skew the gross margins to look much greater than what shows up on the bottom line. If you are talking 20% net profit then that is after the bills are paid and would be every good return indeed :-) Kerry http://www.ananova.com/business/stor...1827.html?menu "By comparison, German software giant SAP is forecasting an overall profit margin of something over 21% for this year." And the last time I looked SAP is doing just fine. -- Peace! Kurt Self-anointed Moderator microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea http://microscum.com/mscommunity "Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an Oxymoron! "Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei" Thanks for the link. 86% operating profit is obscene (operating profit = net profit before taxes). I had always assumed the high profit margins bandied about for Microsoft was gross profits. I can't imagine running a business with that high an operating profit. SAP's 21% operating profit is excellent by most business standards. 21% is a very good return. Most business owners are happy if they can meet or exceed the bank's prime rates or even make it into the black. One problem with looking at operating profits with most businesses is they may want to show a loss to avoid paying taxes. I guess that isn't an option with businesses that profitable. Kerry |
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In article ,
says... But 99% of the users still wouldn't read it, would not care, would still be blissfully ignorant. But then both parties get to agree or disagree before the sale. Pressing a button to continue an installation only means that the person is trying to use what was already SOLD to them. Wrong, pushing the button without reading the contents of the box it's below is the same ignorant excuse, and it's not acceptable. Answer me this - why does most of society look for ways to make excuses for the ignorant/stupid? It's like the "Not guilty by reason of insanity" defense - it should be "Guilty by reason of insanity". If people are too ignorant/stupid to read a button click won't make any difference. If you put up a 50' sign at Wallyworld with the licensing details, 99% of all purchasers would never read it. It's just ignorant people - ever read the ENTIRE financing agreement when purchasing a car? I do, it's funny to watch the sales person get flustered as you read EVERY word on both sides and all the other documents too. -- -- remove 999 in order to email me |
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Leythos wrote:
It's just ignorant people - ever read the ENTIRE financing agreement when purchasing a car? I do, it's funny to watch the sales person get flustered as you read EVERY word on both sides and all the other documents too. Just read the Legal Notice in my sig and you'll be covered for all time with any product. :-) -- ø¤º°`°ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°øø¤º°`°ø,¸¸ ,ø¤º°`°ø Windows is *NOT* a virus. Viruses are small and efficient. Legal Notice And Disclaimer: http://www.euronet.nl/users/frankvw/legal.html |
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Reality! HA! Don't forget to pay the guy on your board specializing in
Antitrust Compliance. Doubt he uses water. His telephone rings much? He'll need a hefty income. City services? You exist on the web, what do you need sanitation and expensive toilet paper for. I tried to pull up a filing for Microsoft with the Federal Trade Commision. Couldn't find one, I prolly need a staff the size of WinXP war team to locate that. ( Where are these Freebies Carey mentioned?! I pay for tech calls, that's all the aftermarket parts I need. If your product needs patched, that's faulty manufacturing, manufacturing expenses shouldn't come out of my pocket, should they? "Ron Martell" wrote in message ... kony wrote: What bills might those be? MS essentially extorts money from anyone who builds a full-featured PC. Their only bills are whatever they choose to spend, most definitely NOT a necessary business expense because they have no competitors in the commercial PC OS market. Right. Employees work for nothing. Electricity, telephones, water, and other city services are provided free. Wake up and face reality. Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada -- Microsoft MVP On-Line Help Computer Service http://onlinehelp.bc.ca In memory of a dear friend Alex Nichol MVP http://aumha.org/alex.htm |
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I can give you the urls
for the major computer store chains in Spain and you will see that NONE of them offer retail in any shape or form. I'll take your word for it. Its prolly cheaper to learn English, than pay that markup. |
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Leythos wrote:
In article , says... Everything is black and white when you are program to think that way. Only if you are programmed to think that there are acceptable excuses for actions that should not have been taken. Ethics is not mathamatics. Sure they are - it's part of the cost/benefit model - if you have to think about ethics then you are weighing what it will cost against what you want to do, not what you should do. What I think is ethical, and what a fundamentalist Christian thinks is ethical are two different things! I believe that the killing of any actual human being is wrong, though there may be mitigating circumstances, such as in the immediacy of self-defense. A fundamentalist Christian thinks that killing some human beings is right and necessary, but thinks that potential but not actual human being must be protected, except as part of a treatment for infertility! What is ethical depends on the point of view of the individual. To me, lying to a woman that asks, does she look fat, is not only ethical, but necessary for one's continuing well-being. To me, lying to a conman is not only ethical, but necessary. And MS is just a con-corporation. Ethics are akin to philosophy, not mathematics, and only an automaton wouldn't understand that. -- Peace! Kurt Self-anointed Moderator microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea http://microscum.com/mscommunity "Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an Oxymoron! "Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei" |
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"BNR" wrote in message .net... I can give you the urls for the major computer store chains in Spain and you will see that NONE of them offer retail in any shape or form. I'll take your word for it. Its prolly cheaper to learn English, than pay that markup. For an OEM Home XP in English, I can get it for 110 US Dollars and in Spanish I can get it for 95 US Dollars. Alias |
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"kurttrail" wrote Ethics are akin to philosophy, not mathematics, and only an automaton wouldn't understand that. -- Peace! Kurt You have to understand that "Leythos" thinks that 2 and 2 are 5. Alias |
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Q. Whats an education good for?
A. Nothing. We buy intellectual property wholesale these days. Ya know, back when I did pay for school, I learned to solve like this. E: explicit fact I: implicit fact and U: unknown Interesting, what school did you attend Carey? |
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