Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Microsoft's Online Business

Microsoft was late in understanding the importance of the Internet and responding to it. It appears they're behind the curve in the latest online shift as well.

Microsoft's lost eight years online: More than $6 billion down the tubes:

Has the software giant ever made money online? The good news: Microsoft has delivered a profit here and there since it has been consolidating online results. The bad news: Those profits are few and far between.

Let’s roll through the numbers.

Fiscal 2010 - operating loss of $2.35 billion on revenue of $2.2 billion

Fiscal 2009 - operating loss of $1.65 billion on revenue of $2.12 billion

Fiscal 2008- loss of $578 million on revenue of $2.2 billion

Fiscal 2007 - loss of $732 million on revenue of $2.43 billion

Fiscal 2006 - profit of $5 million on revenue of $2.3 billion

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