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The vast majority of Microsoft's profits come from Office. Windows makes a little bit, and everything else loses money.


This is fundamentally incorrect. Only Online Services Division (Bing) loses money. Everything else makes money, and Windows definitely makes more than "a little bit."

Operating Income by Division FY13 Q3: Windows: $3.46 B Server and Tools: $1.98 B Online Services: -$262 M (loss) Business: $4.1 B Entertainment and Devices: $342 M

It is interesting that people perceive so many businesses at Microsoft as "failing" even when they have healthy income and growth year after year.

Source: http://www.microsoft.com/investor/EarningsAndFinancials/Earn...


Even though Xbox (Entertainment) is now making a small profit, they've got a long, long way to go before it recoups the vast investment/losses of the early days:

http://www.neowin.net/news/report-microsofts-xbox-division-h...




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