Really?

Here is the profit(not revenue) filed under their latest annual report for their server and tools division, the exact software you are claiming they can't "give away"

Server and Tools: 4,261(2008) 3,593(2007) 2,980(2006)

Shhh.. if there's one thing that I realized about this kind of MS criticism is that they will usually answer with something like "yeah, but in ZXY years, the business is doomed!", or "when Google releases its Office suit"...

And you know, for more than a decade I've been reading stuff like this. Now, I prefer Linux development over Windows, but MS is the most sucessfull tech company. Ever. And year after year it has managed to improve its profits. (cue monopoly comments in 1, 2..)

Do you have URL I can look at for more numbers like those?

I got them from the Microsoft website. They post all their filings on it.

If you really want a day with numbers then I'd start here: http://www.microsoft.com/msft/reports/ar08/index.html

cool, thanks

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