Steve Ballmer is to retire

[AtW]

Ballmer also built new businesses such as the data centers division ($6.6 billion in profit for 2011) and the Xbox entertainment and devices division ($8.9 billion).

Here is the reality -

"Windows and Windows Live
Revenue: $18,373,000,000 (-3%)
Operating Income: $11,460,000,000 (-6%)

Business (Office, Exchange, SharePoint)
Revenue: $23,991,000,000 (+7%)
Operating income: $15,719,000,000 (+7%)

Server and Tools (Windows Server, Microsoft SQL, Visual Studio)
Revenue: $18,686,000,000 (+12%)
Operating Income: $7,431,000,000 (+18%)

Entertainment and Devices (XBox 360/LIVE, Windows Phone)
Revenue: $9,593,000,000 (+8%)
Operating income: $364,000,000 (-71%)

Online Services (Bing, MSN, Hotmail)
Revenue: $2,867,000,000 (+10%)
Operating income: $-8,121,000,000 (*)"

They still make profits from what they had before Ballmer.

Where does Microsoft make money? (Updated 2012) - Tanner Helland (dot) Com

[ExPermie]

And Sinofsky joined Microsoft in 1989, so what - he totally fecked up Windows 8 and pissed off developers.

Stock market got tired of Ballmer, so shares gone up when he finally got a kick up the arse.

9%

Seriously??

Stock market is short term tulip...

MS was good at long term gain...Ballmer is old school pre hedge fund type guy. He's typical sales, and yeah he called it wrong on tablets.

What they'll probably do is put someone totally inexperienced in tech stuff in charge the business...most likely a woman.

[ExPermie]

Here is the reality -

"Windows and Windows Live
Revenue: $18,373,000,000 (-3%)
Operating Income: $11,460,000,000 (-6%)

Business (Office, Exchange, SharePoint)
Revenue: $23,991,000,000 (+7%)
Operating income: $15,719,000,000 (+7%)

Server and Tools (Windows Server, Microsoft SQL, Visual Studio)
Revenue: $18,686,000,000 (+12%)
Operating Income: $7,431,000,000 (+18%)

Entertainment and Devices (XBox 360/LIVE, Windows Phone)
Revenue: $9,593,000,000 (+8%)
Operating income: $364,000,000 (-71%)

Online Services (Bing, MSN, Hotmail)
Revenue: $2,867,000,000 (+10%)
Operating income: $-8,121,000,000 (*)"

They still make profits from what they had before Ballmer.

Where does Microsoft make money? (Updated 2012) - Tanner Helland (dot) Com

Are you serious?

THIS INFORMATION IS OUTDATED

There is loads of tulip on the net which contradict the figures.

If the losses were that huge than Ballmer would have been toast years ago!

Hell...even the bobs were lobbing eggs at him? So he must have been doing something right.

[AtW]

He's typical sales

Albuquerque second hand car salesman from the 80s...

[ExPermie]

Albuquerque second hand car salesman from the 80s...

It works, and the yanks love it! Just like they loved the "I am Superman" Lotus Notes adverts!

[AtW]

So he must have been doing something right.

*yawn*

Will someone rid us of this troublesome sockie?

tia

[ExPermie]

Feck me. Yet another mediocre opinionated cretin. There seems to be an endless supply on this forum

Why don't you stick your head back up your anal passage? I'm sure the endless supply of tulip will keep you occupied for another few years.

[ExPermie]

*yawn*

Will someone rid us of this troublesome sockie?

tia

I don't think anyone will. Why is it at this place one is labelled a troll, sockie, moron etc. for standing up to numb nuts like yourself?

FOIA

[bobspud]

9%

Seriously??

Stock market is short term tulip...

MS was good at long term gain...Ballmer is old school pre hedge fund type guy. He's typical sales, and yeah he called it wrong on tablets.

What they'll probably do is put someone totally inexperienced in tech stuff in charge the business...most likely a woman.

They could put you in charge it won't matter a jot. The market has already moved away from them. The more customers move toward cloud the less they are going to make in traditional licenses. Especially when most of the big boys have slaughtered their margins. My current client can do hosted desktop with office for £70 a head... You try buying the licences to do that in traditional microsoft licensing models, it would be over a £1000 a seat... Im sure microsoft don't want the additional OEM fees when they are losing all that cream out of traditional licensing...

[sasguru]

I don't think anyone will. Why is it at this place one is labelled a troll, sockie, moron etc. for standing up to numb nuts like yourself?

FOIA

I can tell you're not very economically successful. Its because you'll always be fixated on irrelevant bollux.

Hth, bisdi.