Comments on: Microsoft Chugs Along In The Third Quarter, But Its Online Business Is Still Sucking Wind

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 23:28:49 +0000

It’s not going to happen.

MSFT doesn’t care about the little guys… I mean publishers/partners.

I hope I am wrong though:)

By: Jay Boog

Jay Boog — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 14:37:29 +0000

Sometimes I wonder why news like these hit the newsman. Only to hit poor souls like us.

By: Phillip

Phillip — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 14:33:31 +0000

I would be happy with only a million bucks, jeez!!!

By: Joe Cheng [MSFT]

Joe Cheng [MSFT] — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:40:33 +0000

Keep in mind, over the past few years Microsoft has handed well over $100 billion back to its stockholders in buybacks and dividends. It’s not a contest to see who can sit on the biggest pile of cash.

By: TECHNOLOGY « Daily Marauder

TECHNOLOGY « Daily Marauder — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:57:43 +0000

[...] As usual, Microsoft’s stability came from is Windows client, server, and Office businesses. (http://www.tech...its-online-busi... [...]

By: Justin Berry

Justin Berry — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:42:27 +0000

Where’s a moderator when you need one? If you’re going to spam a site, you might as well at least add something that is at least somewhat insightful and original, hah.

By: cfur

cfur — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:16:06 +0000

Sigh. Erick is Still Sucking Wind.

Beating expectations in this market is chugging along?

When are those TC layoffs coming?

By: Mez

Mez — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:29:02 +0000

Google could potentially have the same market cap and cash as Microsoft does now.

Your comment = fail.

By: wow

wow — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:26:44 +0000

if your site is as useful as your comments, give up now

By: Isaac

Isaac — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:52:59 +0000

Mayor Goldie Wilson should got back to the future…

Does anyone else think it’s odd that M$ is losing incrementally more and more $ quarter over quarter in their division that is the “future of the company”?

When is this going to end? It’s like they have their own pre bubble dot-com business. Or is this M$ leveraging their cash position to price others out of the market?

By: Venkat from India

Venkat from India — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:35:09 +0000

Not to mention the quality of articles themselves too! The comments can only be as good as the articles!

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Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:51:13 +0000

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By: MySchizoBuddy

MySchizoBuddy — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:29:17 +0000

hmm so MS cash reserve is lower than Apples $25B.
nice to see the tides turn

By: Microsoft aumenta sus beneficios en el tercer trimestre

Microsoft aumenta sus beneficios en el tercer trimestre — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 08:16:45 +0000

[...] ha anunciado los resultados obtenidos en el tercer trimestre de 2008. En general, los ingresos del trimestre llegaron a los 15 mil millones de dólares, creciendo un 9% [...]

By: kayoone

kayoone — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 07:42:27 +0000

“To put that $7 billion Microsoft handed back to shareholders into perspective, Yahoo’s entire market cap is now only $17.5 billion”

How could comparing these numbers make any sense? MS is far larger than Yahoo and is active in so many areas while Yahoo is just a web company.

By: Neeta

Neeta — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 07:00:27 +0000

No doubt Microsoft will continue to have its Windows, Server business on sound pedestal in times to come. It may have to tweak its online search business model a little bit to get gains from Yahoo’s falling share in that segment.

By: informednetworker.com

informednetworker.com — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 06:00:51 +0000

Microsoft Chugs Along In The Third Quarter, But Its Online Business Is Still Sucking Wind…

Microsoft announced earnings today for the third quarter. Overall revenues for the quarter came in at $15 billion, growing a decent 9 percent annually. But its net profits of $4.37 billion rose only 1.9 percent. As usual, Microsoft’s stability came…

By: Joe M.

Joe M. — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 03:01:36 +0000

Single Pill,

I agree. Google is killing publishers right now by taking a lions share of the their ad revenue.

By: kevin

kevin — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 01:22:49 +0000

I do agree with Christopher Ross and they should do new ad campaign. http://www.oxyshopping.com

By: Single Pill

Single Pill — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 01:17:40 +0000

When are they going to open up a version of Adsense or YSM? IF they offered a 90% rev share they might actually get some business and then more paid search business.

Check out http://www.SinglePill.com

By: Jon Kepler

Jon Kepler — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:45:02 +0000

At least they beat estimates. What more can you ask for in this market? Come on, it’s not like they have mortgage exposure.

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Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:38:32 +0000

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By: lazysupper

lazysupper — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:27:43 +0000

“To put that $7 billion Microsoft handed back to shareholders into perspective, Yahoo’s entire market cap is now only $17.5 billion.”

What perspective is that? Comparing a web portal company to a software company?

By: jason

jason — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:23:14 +0000

I agree. Comment quality has plummeted. The Calacanis email post is pure proof of that.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:16:44 +0000

You get rewared 5% of your total purchase price because the advertiser paid MS more than 5% for that transaction.

It is completely different model than the Pay per Click model which is cheap ad compared to the Pay per Transaction model