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   From: Me@Not-there.com   
      
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   >"Lawrence D'Oliveiro"  wrote in message   
   >news:in8f8j$56l$6@lust.ihug.co.nz...   
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   >In message <4d972908$0$2966$ec3e2dad@unlimited.usenetmonster.com>,   
   >amicus_curious wrote:   
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   >> Perhaps Microsoft has not been as successful as your own companies,   
   >> Larry,   
   >> but that is no reason to demean the success that they have had themselves   
   >> and continue to have.   
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   >Who says I’m demeaning it? They had their time of growth and dominance,   
   >back   
   >in the 1990s. The 2000s have really been a time of dominance with   
   >stagnation.   
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   Poor Larry, you really are a clueless fool aren't you. Try posting actual   
   facts for once and not the nonsense that rolls around in your empty head.   
      
   This stagnation in the 2000's only exists in your little head because the   
   facts simply don't backup your claims.   
      
   *Revenue*   
   2003 - $32.1B   
   2004 - $36.8B   
   2005 - $39.8B   
   2006 - $44.3B   
   2007 - $51.1B   
   2008 - $60.4B   
   2009 - $58.4B   
   2010 - $62.5B   
   Since 2003 revenue has nearly doubled. So you're proven to be wrong and   
   clueless once again.   
      
      
   *Profit*   
   2003 - $7.5B   
   2004 - $8.2B   
   2005 - $12.3B   
   2006 - $12.6B   
   2007 - $14.1B   
   2008 - $17.7B   
   2009 - $14.6B   
   2010 - $18.8B   
   Since 2003 profit has *more* than doubled. So once again you are wrong and   
   clueless.,   
      
   This "stagnation" that you made up allows Microsoft to make a *profit* (as   
   in *profit* after all bills and expenses are paid) of over $2 million/hour.   
   That's $600 in profit every second of every minute of every hour,  24 hours   
   a day and 7 days a week.   
      
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