Re: Boycott Microsoft Website

From: KSG <kgatlin@cs.ucsd.edu>

Date: Sat, 22 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0000

Lady Reaper wrote:
>
> Very nice post...well said.  It was both informative and useful.

Was it???

> Chris Lomont <clomont@omni.cc.purdue.edu> wrote in article
> <Pine.SOL.3.91.970320102239.949B-100000@omni.cc.purdue.edu>...
> >
> > Microsoft bashers need to do some homework. Microsoft is about a 10
> > billion a year company, much smaller than software companies like CA and
> > associates. Microsoft is not a huge financial power - look at revenues
> > from AT&T, IBM, GM, Chase Manhattan banks, etc, all of which are an order
> > of magnitude bigger than Microsoft.

Hmmm...  CA is #474 and 169 in the Fortune 500 for revenue and profit
respectively.  Microsoft is 219 and 39.  Maybe you mean expected
earnings for 97:
CA -> 910 million
MS -> 2.7 billion

No you must mean market capitalization.  That's what really counts:
CA -> 14.5 billion
MS -> 111.7 billion

Employees:
CA -> 7,800
MS -> 17,600

Which company did you say was smaller?  Unless of course the CA you are
referring to isn't the CA that I am.

Well with all this said, I like NT4.0, Word and PowerPoint.  (Die
LaTeX!)

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References

Boycott Microsoft Website
Jack Teh <jteh@usthk.ust.hk>
Thu, 20 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Boycott Microsoft Website
Chris Lomont <clomont@omni.cc.purdue.edu>
Thu, 20 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Boycott Microsoft Website
"Lady Reaper" <maktos@ix.netcom.com>
Sat, 22 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

Boycott Microsoft Website
Jack Teh <jteh@usthk.ust.hk>
Thu, 20 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Boycott Microsoft Website
Chris Lomont <clomont@omni.cc.purdue.edu>
Thu, 20 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Boycott Microsoft Website
"Lady Reaper" <maktos@ix.netcom.com>
Sat, 22 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0000