[iuybuyvvyu]

Microsoft will still make more money from Windows7 than Apple makes form selling computers. They made more from Vista than Apple makes.

There is a big difference between 'fails with the HN/Slashdot crowd' and fails to make money.

[prewett]

"Microsoft will still make more money from Windows7 than Apple makes form selling computers. They made more from Vista than Apple makes."

Probably true, but it may be closer than you think. According to Yahoo, AAPL had $4.8 billion in profit. According to MSFT's annual report, Windows profit was $10 billion. Some of that is XP sales, so lets say $8 billion for Vista. It took Microsoft 5 years to make Vista, and Apple easily cranks out new versions on gorgeous hardware and makes 50% of Vista's profit. Plus, the Windows sales derivative is flat to negative, while Apple's is steeply positive. Microsoft may be making tons of money, but from a business perspective, Apple is a better business.

[iuybuyvvyu]

Always tricky to get real figures, a lot of Apple's revenue comes from iphone/itunes and the details of the deals aren't public.

MS also has a lot of income from licenses/service/support it would still make money for years if it fired all it's devs tomorrow.

The point was that hype aside, an MS 'flop' still makes more money than you can imagine.