General Windows 7 leads the way to record quarter for Microsoft

[The Helper]

At the close of trading Thursday, Microsoft announced the results for its second quarter of fiscal year 2010, which ended December 31, 2009. Revenue of $19.02 billion, a 14 percent increase from the same period of the prior year, set a new a record for the company. The three other financial measures—operating income ($8.51 billion), net income ($6.66 billion), and earnings per share ($0.74)—all were up year-over-year, 43 percent, 60 percent, and 57 percent, respectively.

So what is Microsoft's explanation for the positive growth across the board? Its latest client operating system. "Exceptional demand for Windows 7 led to the positive top-line growth for the company," said Peter Klein, chief financial officer at Microsoft. Furthermore, the recession hit the holiday quarter pretty badly in 2008, and while Redmond could not avoid it, its reaction in the form of various cuts is now paying off. "Our continuing commitment to managing costs allowed us to drive earnings performance ahead of the revenue growth."

Microsoft revealed that it had sold over 60 million Windows 7 licenses through the second quarter (which would explain the huge growth we're seeing in market share numbers). This not only made it a record quarter for Windows units in general, but it makes Windows 7 the fastest selling operating system in history.

More here.

 

[Prometheus]

Windows 7. Yes, it is that awesome.

 

[ElderKingpin]

microsoft has invented the best marketing plan ever.

Release a really crappy software, then release a good one a while later to get people hyped about it.

 

[Varine]

I still have XP because DirectX 9 kicks ass (because I don't know how to rip models out of stuff using 10 mostly).

 

[Prometheus]

It's not that Kingpin, it's that 7 is actually a good OS. Though the Vista fail did work.

 

[Varine]

Vista wasn't that bad after the updates. Vista Black was awesome though, I used that for a while.

 

[Never_Quit]

microsoft has invented the best marketing plan ever.

Release a really crappy software, then release a good one a while later to get people hyped about it.

coca-cola did this a while back i think

 

[Varine]

coca-cola did this a while back i think

Yeah that was different though because it actually made you really sick. Same with that blue pepsi.

 

[AnthraxXx]

Nice, gw Microsoft

 

[CysticCraze]

I wanna start a riot on the forums by screaming something like "Go Mac!"... of course then we would have seven pages of "Uh uh"-"Yea huh."

Regardless of how much I hate Microsoft, their pockets are filled, and they are dominating the market.

*Grumble*Well done.*Grumble*

 

[ElderKingpin]

i wonder why they are dominating the market. It couldnt possibly be good products, microsoft is too good for that

 

[Miz]

coca-cola did this a while back i think

Didn't Pepsi do that too?
With some kind of weird Pepsi one in the 80s-90s

 

[Varine]

Didn't Pepsi do that too?
With some kind of weird Pepsi one in the 80s-90s

Yes the toxic blue pepsi. The only antidote was to drink some other drink owned by pepsi.

 

[ReVolver]

Yes the toxic blue pepsi. The only antidote was to drink some other drink owned by pepsi.

Oh man don't remind me!

 

[Varine]

Oh man don't remind me!

So glad I'm not the only one that bought that.