Re: Boycott Microsoft Website

From: Jimi Schopp <schopp@cs.fsu.edu>

Date: Sun, 23 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0000

KSG wrote:
>
> 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!)
>
> --
> KSG
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Damn. You fucked that guy up!
There's nothing like good 'ol facts and figures to shut someones trap.
Bravo!!!! Kudos!!!

Jimi Schopp
				schopp@cs.fsu.edu
				http://www.cs.fsu.edu/~schopp

References

Re: Boycott Microsoft Website
"Lady Reaper" <maktos@ix.netcom.com>
Sat, 22 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Boycott Microsoft Website
KSG <kgatlin@cs.ucsd.edu>
Sat, 22 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0000
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