From: Mike '/m' 



I keep on asking if anyone has sorted the companies of the S&P 500
according to their profit margins.   So far, no one seems to want to
do the task.

  /m


On Thu, 12 Dec 2002 10:52:20 -0600, "Joe Barr"
 wrote:

>
>http://computerworld.com/softwaretopics/os/windows/story/0,10801,76454,00.html
>
>
>No one questions Microsoft's right to make a profit, but when you're
>talking about profit margins of 85% and 79%, respectively, we have a right
>to question the validity of the business advice from someone who clearly
>doesn't operate a "normal" business.
>
>Of course, part of Microsoft's world has competition, but it consistently
>loses money there: MSN lost $97 million on revenue of $531 million for the
>same period that ended in September. The CE/Mobility unit had red ink of
>$33 million on just $17 million in sales, while Xbox lost $177 million on
>sales of $505 million. The Great Plains unit had losses of $86 million on
>revenue of $107 million.

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