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"IBM manufactures lots of hardware" I bet MS makes and sells more hardware. XBox alone must outnumber all IBM hardware sales. (ThinkPad hasn't been IBM for sev
by robotresearcher 13y ago
"IBM manufactures lots of hardware"
I bet MS makes and sells more hardware. XBox alone must outnumber all IBM hardware sales. (ThinkPad hasn't been IBM for several years now).
- astrodust 13y agoI didn't have time to dig for really accurate numbers, but Microsoft's Xbox sales, which might include revenue from game developers as well as hardware, was about $9.6B for FY 2012. (http://www.microsoft.com/Investor/EarningsAndFinancials/Earnings/SegmentResults/EntertainmentAndDevicesDivision/FY12/Q3/performance.aspx http://www.microsoft.com/Investor/EarningsAndFinancials/Earn...) IBM's system hardware revenue for FY 2012 was $17.6B. (http://www.ibm.com/annualreport/2012/bin/assets/2012_ibm_annual.pdf http://www.ibm.com/annualreport/2012/bin/assets/2012_ibm_ann... page 30). IBM also manufactures components and licenses hardware designs, such as the CPUs used in the PS3 and Xbox 360. Microsoft is still not as big a hardware player even compared to an IBM that has sold off a good chunk of their hardware manufacturing.
- robotresearcher 13y agoI stand corrected, thanks. I often underestimate the crazy money still being made in IT infrastructure. This will teach me.