The quotation form BBC News said that, Microsoft has announced a 51% rise in first-quarter profit, and thank the higher sales of its flagship Windows and Office software.In the world of Information technology Microsoft as an application software package have several packages that we are benefiting from as media practitioners.As a lecturer of Media Studies in Zimbabwe i have enriched my students who are doing Journalism and Desktop Publishing by teaching my students on how to create business cards and brochures using Microsoft Publisher
Documented evidence indicate that Microsoft once said that in the same quarter last year it had deferred some revenue from Windows sales. Had it not done so, its net profit would have been only 16% higher in comparison.
"This was an exceptional quarter, combining solid enterprise growth and continued strong consumer demand for Office 2010, Windows 7, and X box 360 consoles and games," said Peter Klein, chief financial officer at Microsoft.
Windows sales rose 66% on a year earlier to $4.8bn, while Office and other business software brought in $5.1bn, a 14% increase on last year.'Firing on all cylinder shares rose 2.8% in after-hours trading.
BBC news said that Micro-soft stock has fallen 14% so far this year as investors worry about its ability to adapt to new ways of computing.Last week, its chief software architect Ray Ozzie unexpectedly resigned, and warned that the company must think "beyond the PC".
"Microsoft had a very good quarter," said Toan Tran, an analyst at Morning star.Generally, it can be said that across the globe, most countries and nations have benefited immensely from Micro-soft application software which caters for most activities in the office through the use of computers.Micro-soft have secured market across the globe and their products have all what it takes to be emulated.
"Windows is still doing well, Office is doing well, and servers and tools are doing well. The big three businesses are firing on all cylinders as the PC upgrade cycle continues." This is safe especially to people across the globe who often use Microsoft.
I have found Microsoft programmes and application software friendly and effective to use.Be it for financial purposes Microsoft -excel is one of the superb package for converting figures into bar-graph and pie chart.I will be very much happy if anyone out there can enrich me with more information about the current development by Micro-soft
