[The News Bot]

Adventures with the Zune and Xbox continue to cost Microsoft dearly. The software giant has reported a 20 per cent decline in third-quarter revenue for its entertainment and devices division. Revenue dropped from 1.2 billion dollars to 929 million dollars. In a statement, the company said: “EDD revenue decreased during the three months ended March [...]
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[dazmb]

Zune must have cost them a LOT of money! It's not the popular MS product ever is it! Still, this all has to be taken into the 'big' MS $$$ pot. Which as always will be a nice tidy cash rich sum. Especially with Vista pricing levels as they are. Bill will enjoy another nice year doubtless

I enjoy looking on the web at his share option filings. You can see him selling $100,000,000 at a time of his shares. And he still has nearly a billion shares left

[michael.redfern]

Originally Posted by dazmb

I enjoy looking on the web at his share option filings. You can see him selling $100,000,000 at a time of his shares. And he still has nearly a billion shares left

Yeah, but to be very very fair to the man, he does put most of the profits from sales of his shares into his foundation. It currently has $32billion in the bank, most of which he donated, so it's not like he's selling shares to buy a new kitchen or extend the back lounge.

[dazmb]

Originally Posted by michael.redfern

Yeah, but to be very very fair to the man, he does put most of the profits from sales of his shares into his foundation. It currently has $32billion in the bank, most of which he donated, so it's not like he's selling shares to buy a new kitchen or extend the back lounge.

I don't disagree. I'm a big fan of Bill and MS tbh. Fair play to him