[lbo-talk] Microsoft Plans An End Run Around, Oh, Everyone

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Jul 10 07:10:44 PDT 2003


Michael Pollak wrote:


>On Wed, 9 Jul 2003, Doug Henwood wrote:
>
>> MSFT loses money on almost everything but Windows. It loses something
>> like $100 on every Xbox it sells.
>
>I have a silly question. Aren't these Xboxes completely subcontracted?
>If MS sells them for $100 less than they buy them, why don't the companies
>who make them buy them in the stores and sell them back to MS?

Don't forget marketing expenses!

Doug



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