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

[matthew bradley]

Doug Henwood wrote:
> 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

This is hearsay, but I heard Microsoft spend in marketing each year the 
equivalent of what Apple has in the bank.

Matt Bradley