Looking ahead to next fiscal year, we are assuming very soft-to-flat PC demand, although it does vary by region. Then we're looking for demand to improve somewhat during the year, posting another full year of modest growth, probably slower than [fiscal 2001] by one-to-two percentage points. |
lower to mid-single digits. |
Microsoft is well known for its bench strength,? he said. |
OEM revenue was light as demand for business PCs remained slow in the quarter, and we remain guarded about near-term growth, ... However, PC demand appeared to pick up late in the quarter, and with the launch of Windows 2000, we are excited about the opportunity to help customers migrate to this new generation of platform products. |
OEM revenue was light as demand for business PCs remained slow in the quarter, and we remain guarded about near-term growth. However, PC demand appeared to pick up late in the quarter, and with the launch of Windows 2000, we are excited about the opportunity to help customers migrate to this new generation of platform products. |
People ask, are you still a growth stock? Compared to these guys, yes we are. |
reflect some guarded optimism in the direction the market is taking. |
Results were solid across all businesses, led by accelerating deployments of Windows 2000 Professional in the business sector and Windows Me in the consumer arena, ... While we remain guarded about worldwide economic conditions, we are extremely enthusiastic about our Windows 2000 generation of server products. |
The enterprise space appears to be impacted less than the consumer PC space as well as the consumer online segment. |
The global PC market continued to deteriorate in the December quarter, with all major economies around the world reflecting the weakness, |
The new segments reflect the company's recent re-organization around these priorities and will help investors evaluate our progress in these areas. |
there are some indications that the PC market could be stabilizing. |
There is not much change in the health of the PC ecosystem. Demand from business customers continued to be challenging. We did not see robust corporate demand, |
There's nothing of the Old West in those places, and you see lots of fur coats and Rolls-Royces. |
This holiday season, we will see the launch of Xbox Live and several exciting new game titles. We are very excited about the momentum we have with our product line-up in this incredibly competitive market. |