NEWS: MS FY 2005
[via Microsoft]
Again, quite impressive results of Microsoft for the Fiscal Year 2005 (closed end of June).

More than $12 bn net income. Wow. What an incredible margin. And $6.2 bn invested in R&D.

Segmentation:
WinXP and Office generate, as usual, a *lot* of cash for MS, definitely their cash-cows. A great positive development concerning the Server and Tool segment. The other segments are still losing money, excepted MSN.

Again, quite impressive results of Microsoft for the Fiscal Year 2005 (closed end of June).
Income FY 2005

More than $12 bn net income. Wow. What an incredible margin. And $6.2 bn invested in R&D.
Segment revenues FY 2005

Segmentation:
- server&business
- business solutions (eg: Navision, CRM, Solomon)
- server&tools (eg: Windows Server, SQLServer, developer tools)
- pc eXPerience
- client (eg: WindowsXP, MediaCenter, TabletPC)
- information worker (eg: Office, Project, Visio, OneNote)
- consumer&devices
- mobile&embedded devices (eg: Mobile SW, MapPoint)
- home&entertainment (eg: Xbox, PC and online games)
- MSN (eg: MSN Search)
WinXP and Office generate, as usual, a *lot* of cash for MS, definitely their cash-cows. A great positive development concerning the Server and Tool segment. The other segments are still losing money, excepted MSN.
Revenues 1985 - 2005

Net income 1985 - 2005

