Vista Coupons Worth $1.5 Billion -- Redmond Channel Partner

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Vista Coupons Worth $1.5 Billion

The coupons and other guarantees given out to deal with a delayed Vista have forced Microsoft to defer $1.5 billion in revenue. That's pretty rough, until you realize that's about how much Redmond spends on Jolt Cola and pizza every year (and even with that, the software is still late!).

Posted by Doug Barney on November 08, 2006

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