John Connors
John Connors
John Connors VCwas born in Davaugh, Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland and was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces...
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Results were solid across all businesses, led by accelerating deployments of Windows 2000 Professional in the business sector and Windows Me in the consumer arena, ... While we remain guarded about worldwide economic conditions, we are extremely enthusiastic about our Windows 2000 generation of server products.
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While we are enthusiastic about the break-through products and services the company will be delivering in 2001, we remain guarded about the near-term economic outlook and its impact on PC demand and technology spending,
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OEM revenue was light as demand for business PCs remained slow in the quarter, and we remain guarded about near-term growth. However, PC demand appeared to pick up late in the quarter, and with the launch of Windows 2000, we are excited about the opportunity to help customers migrate to this new generation of platform products.
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We also think that the PC market could see growth in the low single digits for fiscal 2003 compared to the low single digit declines we are expecting to see for our full-year fiscal-year with 2002,
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Like many others in the industry, we are seeing slowing PC sales as the quarter progresses.
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I was impressed with the opportunity New West presented for investors, as well as the contribution the company can make to the Montana economy. New media and publishing represent industries that should be particularly well suited to the great state of Montana.
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Microsoft is well known for its bench strength,? he said.
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To grow a $32 billion company, first you have to do $32 billion in business.
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We are optimistic for the outlook of PC growth in the upcoming quarters and are particularly enthused about the release of Windows 2000,
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We've been extremely successful. There's just much more to do.
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Consumer and corporate demand for PCs continued to exceed our expectations,
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We solidly outperformed on revenues, expenses, and earnings per share, and we feel good about where we ended the quarter on unearned (revenue),
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As the quarter unfolded it became clear to us that customers are taking a bit longer to renew,
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At the top line, we are forecasting revenues in the range of $32.2 to $32.6 billion for the full year.