Microsoft provides a report provided by the US Securities Trading and the Committee that due to Linux continues to invade its own software market share, and the weakness of PC sales, 2005 may be difficult for Microsoft.
This report said: "For fiscal 2005, we believe that factors such as PC demand and the success of non-commercial software may seriously affect our operations and financial status. 2004 fiscal, PC demand strong, more than 2003 13 %, We expect that there will be similar strong growth in fiscal 2005. "
In addition to the factors of PC demand, Microsoft seems to be worried that Linux will continue to invade our own market share.
According to the report: "We note that open source software continues to develop forward. In 2004, Microsoft's share of the server market will have a moderate growth, while Linux sales will have a slight increase. Last year, there are several big companies An open source software will be announced in both servers and desktops, which reflects Linux 's growth. When the market share of open source software increases, our product share may decline, which may affect Microsoft's gross profit and income."
Microsoft said that he is also facing pressure in software licenses. In addition, Microsoft expects PC sales income will decrease.
Anti-monopoly lawsuit also affected Microsoft's income expectations, Microsoft expects its funds that they use for lawsuits will be between 1.1 billion to 1.2 billion US dollars.
Microsoft said in this report, searching for market, consumer product technology (TV, games, video) will be Microsoft's emerging potential market.
For a company that passes $ 60 billion in cash, the above concerns may be a bit worrying, but Microsoft has taken cost-saving measures. Microsoft is carrying out a reduction of office items. The company will reduce the soda of the office. , Dry towels and other items, Microsoft's chief executive official Steve Barmer said this will save $ 1 billion expenditure. (ZDNet China)
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